| 单词 | hi cockalorum jig |
| 释义 | > as lemmashi cockalorum jig A children's game in which one set of players jumps on to the backs of another set of players, calling out ‘hi cockalorum, jig, jig, jig’. Also more fully in hi cockalorum jig. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > children's game > other children's games > [noun] > hi cockalorum hi cockalorum1832 mopstick1892 1832 Figaro in London 24 Mar. 61/1 There is a certain game played by little boys, and called High-cockolorum, in which there are two sides, one of which jumps on to the backs of the other party, and sits there till its weight breaks down its supporters. 1857 T. Hughes Tom Brown's School Days i. iii. 63 Prisoner's-base, rounders, high-cock-a-lorum, cricket, foot-ball, he was soon initiated into the delights of them all. 1866 Argosy Apr. 420 I'm tired of doing like the big people. Let's have a game of Hey Cockolorum Jig! 1883 Boy's Own Paper 28 July 698/1 An earnest dispute had arisen among a group of youngsters playing at a game called, if I mistake not, High Cockalorum. At a certain stage of this game it seemed necessary to repeat the formula ‘High Cockalorum, jig, jig, jig’. 1969 I. Opie & P. Opie Children's Games viii. 257 Croydon boys call it [sc. the game] not only ‘Hi Jimmy Knacker’, but ‘Bung the Barrel’, ‘Hi Cockalorum’, [etc.]. 2015 Advertiser (Austral.) (Nexis) 28 Sept. (Advertiser ed.) (Lifestyle section) 26 One game we played which was very popular was Hi (or high) Cockalorum. This was played against the toilet wall. < as lemmas |
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