单词 | pussy four corners |
释义 | > as lemmasPussy Four Corners Pussy Four Corners n. chiefly Irish English = Puss in the corner n. at puss n.1 5. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > children's game > other children's games > [noun] > Puss in the corner Puss in the (also a) corner1709 Pussy Wants a (also the) Corner1829 Pussy Four Corners1912 1912 J. Stephens Charwoman's Daughter xix. 120 Mary was enticed into a game composed in part of pussy-four-corners and tip-and-tig, with a general flavour of leap-frog working through. 1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. xv. [Circe] 459 He plays pussy fourcorners with ragged boys and girls. 2000 Irish Times (Nexis) 9 Aug. 10 We spoke English and taught them the games of the Dublin streets—Red Rover, Pussy Four Corners, Plainy Packet o' Rinso. < as lemmas |
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