hot cockles
A children's game in which a blindfolded person had to guess who was hitting themA children's game in which a blindfolded person had to guess who was hitting them.
Meaning
1 senses(dated, uncountable)A children's game in which a blindfolded person had to guess who was hitting them.
Origin
From French hautes-coquilles. Compare French main chaude (“hot hand”), referring to the saFrom French hautes-coquilles. Compare French main chaude (“hot hand”), referring to the same game. By surface analysis, hot + cockle.
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Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable