| 单词 | squashed tomato |
| 释义 | > as lemmassquashed tomato squashed tomato n. slang a name given in different localities to various children's games (see quots.). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > children's game > other children's games > [noun] > others buckle-pit1532 marrowbone1533 put-pin?1577 primus secundus1584 fox in the hole1585 haltering of Hick's mare1585 muss1591 pushpin1598 Jack-in-the-box1600 a penny in the forehead1602 buckerels1649 bumdockdousse1653 peck-point1653 toro1660 wheelbarrow1740 thread-needle1751 thrush-a-thrush1766 runaway ring?1790 Gregory1801 pick-point1801 fighting cocks1807 runaway knock1813 tit-tat-toe1818 French and English1820 honeypots1821 roly-poly1821 tickle-tail1821 pottle1822 King of Cantland1825 tip-top-castle1834 tile1837 statue1839 chip stone1843 hen and chickens1843 king of the castle1843 King Caesar1849 rap-jacket1870 old witch1881 tick-tack-toe1884 twos and threes1896 last across (the road)1904 step1909 king of the hill1928 Pooh-sticks1928 trick or treat1928 stare-you-out1932 king of the mountain1933 dab cricket1938 Urkey1938 trick-or-treating1941 seven-up1950 squashed tomato1959 slot-racing1965 Pog1993 knights- 1959 I. Opie & P. Opie Lore & Lang. Schoolchildren xviii. 381 There are more than sixty established names for the pursuit of illegally knocking at doors... Squashed tomato. Wolverhampton. 1963 S. Marshall Exper. in Educ. ii. 56 The new look given to the age-old playground game which for some unknown reason has become ‘Squashed Tomato’ in the language of today... A voice was giving orders to the players. ‘John, three scissors south towards Cambridge. Carol, two pigeon steps towards Newmarket [on a map painted on a school playground].’ 1969 I. Opie & P. Opie Children's Games iv. 157 The game is usually known as ‘Sardines’, but also..‘Squashed Sardines’, and ‘Squashed Tomatoes’. 1969 I. Opie & P. Opie Children's Games vi. 189 Squashed Tomato. Both caller and called run towards each other, with arms crossed in front of them. The one advancing remains at the spot where they squash into each other. The caller returns to his place in front. < as lemmas |
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