Oranges and lemons

Noun

Definitions

1.NounA traditional English children's game, in which a rhyme is chanted as the players file, in pairs, through an arch formed by two other players' clasped hands. Those caught when the hands descend then form another adjacent arch.

Synonyms

counting-out game clapping game beckons wanted bouts-rimés counting rhyme mercy red light, green light ascoliasm fox and geese ring game copenhagen onesies

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