单词 | bob-apple |
释义 | > as lemmasbob-apple bob-apple n. a game in which children bob for apples, either floating in water, or suspended. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > parlour and party games > [noun] > catching raisins, etc., in mouth chop-cherry1561 flap-dragon1601 bob-apple1681 snapdragon1704 bob-cherry1741 snap-apple1823 bob-a-cherry1899 1681 Reply Mischief of Imposit. 2 To see their Children play at Bob-apple. 1940 F. Kitchen Brother to Ox i. 15 We children..played snapdragon and bob-apple. 1959 I. Opie & P. Opie Lore & Lang. Schoolchildren xii. 271 In Liverpool Hallowe'en is known as ‘Duck Apple’..in Pontypool ‘Bob Apple’ or ‘Crab Apple Night’. 1959 I. Opie & P. Opie Lore & Lang. Schoolchildren xii. 272 Bob Apple is also known as ‘Snap Apple’ or ‘Apple on the Line’. < as lemmas |
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