hide-and-coopn.
/ˌhʌɪd(ə)n(d)ˈkuːp/, U.S. /ˌhaɪd(ə)nˈkup/ U.S.
= hide-and-seek n.
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society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > children's game > hiding or chasing game > [noun] > hide-and-seek
belly-blind?a1500
buck-hide?a1500
king-by-your-leave1572
all hid1598
wink all hid1609
hoopers hide1684
whoopers hide1684
whoop and hide1710
hide-and-seek1724
whoop1784
keek-bogle1791
hide-and-coop1850
billy-blind-
buck-hood-
1850 S. Judd Richard Edney ix. 128 As if religion were a game of hide and coop.
1909 Notes & Queries 10th Ser. 12 371/1 In ‘hide and coop’, each called out from his secret place a faint, long-drawn ‘c-o-o-p’.
1910 S. E. White Rules of Game iii. xii. 258 The herders grinned as the rangers came in sight. They had been ‘tagged’ in this ‘game of hide and coop’.
1923 K. D. Wiggin My Garden of Memory 14 The board-piles afforded the best possible place for playing ‘Hide and Coop’.
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