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beckons wanted

beckons wanted proper noun: a children's game, a variant of prisoners' bars.

Proper noun

beckons wanted

  1. A children's game, a variant of prisoners' bars.
    • I remember all the kids used to play a game called beckons wanted, right out there.1996, "Piper Maru" (episode of The X-Files TV series)
    • In her recollection he was awkward physically and knew it. Invited to summer outings at the Bigelow home on Manitou Island (in White Bear Lake), he participated in such childhood games as beckons wanted but was regularly beaten in high-jump contests […]2004, Harold L. Weatherby, Walter Sullivan, George Core, Place in American Fiction: Excursions and Explorations, page 161

Questions about beckons wanted

What does beckons wanted mean?
Beckons wanted means a children's game, a variant of prisoners' bars.
What part of speech is beckons wanted?
Beckons wanted is a proper noun.

Words near beckons wanted in the dictionary

  1. beckoneth
  2. beckoning
  3. beckoningly
  4. beckonings
  5. beckons
  6. beckons wanted
  7. becks
  8. beckside
  9. Beckstead
  10. Becksteads
  11. Beckstein

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