Puss in the corner
noun
A children's game in which a player in the centre tries to capture one of the other players' ‘dens’ or ‘bases’ as they change places; (also) a more elaborate form of the same game, formerly played in the British Navy.
- Also called Puss, Puss..
Origin
Early 18th century; earliest use found in William King (1663–1712), writer.
- prettify
- prettily
- prettiness
- pretty
- pretty Betsy
- pretty boy
- pretty-by-night
- pretty dancers
- pretty face
- pretty-face wallaby
- pretty fellow
- prettyish
- prettyism
- pretty much (or nearly or well)
- pretty Nancy
- pretty please
- pretty-prettiness
- pretty-pretty
- prettyprint
- prettyprinter
- pretympanic
- pretypify
- pretzel
- pretzel bender
- pretzel curve