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bob-cherry

bob-cherry noun: a game where one tries to snap at a swinging cherry with one's mouth.

Noun

bob-cherry (uncountable)

  1. A game where one tries to snap at a swinging cherry with one's mouth.
    • Playing at bob cherry
      Tom and Nell and Hugh:
      Cherry bob! cherry bob!
      There's a bob for you.
      Tom bobs a cherry
      For gaping snapping Hugh,
      While curly-pated Nelly
      Snaps at it too.1893, Christina G. Rosetti, A NURSERY RHYME BOOK

Forms of bob-cherry

alternative formbob cherry
alternative formbobcherry

Questions about bob-cherry

What does bob-cherry mean?
Bob-cherry means a game where one tries to snap at a swinging cherry with one's mouth.
What part of speech is bob-cherry?
Bob-cherry is a noun.

Words near bob-cherry in the dictionary

  1. Bob's your mother's brother
  2. Bob's your uncle
  3. Bob's your uncle and Fanny's your aunt
  4. Bob's your uncle, Fanny's your aunt
  5. bob-a-job
  6. bob-cherry
  7. bob-job
  8. bob-jobs
  9. bob-skate
  10. bob-skates
  11. boba

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