| 单词 | rat-a-tat ginger |
| 释义 | > as lemmasrat-a-tat ginger rat-a-tat ginger n. British = knock down ginger n. at knock-down adj. and n. Additions; cf. rat-tat ginger n. at rat-tat n., int., and adj. Compounds. [Origin uncertain: see discussion at knock down ginger n. at knock-down adj. and n. Additions.] ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > children's game > other children's games > [noun] rosy apple1882 doctors and nurses (also patients)1906 doctor1918 knock down ginger1959 rat-a-tat ginger1959 riprap1959 rat-tat ginger1962 1959 I. Opie & P. Opie Lore & Lang. Schoolchildren xviii. 381 Illegally knocking at doors... Rat Tat Tat. Abertillery and Newbridge in Monmouthshire, Barry in Glamorgan, Coventry. A variant in Lydney is Rat-a-Tat Ginger. 2001 J. Lloyd & E. Rees Boy Next Door iv. 140 The longer I stand glued to the doorstep the longer I feel like I'm back in Rushton playing rat-a-tat ginger. 2005 Western Mail (Cardiff) (Nexis) 4 June 12 We played rat-a-tat ginger, bobby knock, knock down ginger—whatever you wanted to call it—and were actually afraid of the owners catching us. < as lemmas |
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