| 单词 | one, two, three, alairy |
| 释义 | > as lemmasone, two, three, (and) alairy In full one, two, three, (and) alairy: a children's ball game (see quot. 1958). Also: an utterance of ‘alairy’ in this game. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > children's game > children's ball games > [noun] catchball1631 hop-ball1811 Anthony over1838 barn-ball1841 bull-pen1857 sevens1864 catch1887 pig in the middle1887 alairy1916 monkey in the middle1952 kingy1959 piggy in the middle1967 dandy shandy1978 1916 N. Douglas London Street Games 5 There are other ball-games, such as..One-Two-Three-And-A-Lairy (I wish I knew what a-lairy meant). 1958 Medium Ævum 27 113 The game often played by little girls, in Northern England at least, where the player bounces a ball on the ground, catching it with one hand, keeping the score by chanting ‘One, two, three, alairy..’, and accompanying each ‘alairy’ with a circular swing of the leg so as to describe a loop around but not obstruct the rising ball. 1966 ‘L. Lane’ ABZ of Scouse ii. 2 Alaira, a children's skipping game. 1975 M. McCracken Memories are made of This ii. 38 We..played one, two, three alairy and seven ups against the school wall with our personal lacrosse balls. 1999 Bristol Evening Post (Nexis) 4 May 10 I come from London and we played this game but the rhyme was: One, two, three alairy, My ball's down the ‘airy’ Serves you right for playing alairy, On a Sunday morning. < as lemmas |
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