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fox and geese

fox and geese proper noun: an old children's game in which one player tries to catch others as they run from one goal to another.

Proper noun

fox and geese

  1. An old children's game in which one player tries to catch others as they run from one goal to another.
  2. A board game with sixteen checkers, in which one piece (the fox) endeavours to break through the line of the other pieces (the geese), while the geese try to pen up the fox.

Questions about fox and geese

What does fox and geese mean?
Fox and geese means an old children's game in which one player tries to catch others as they run from one goal to another.
What part of speech is fox and geese?
Fox and geese is a proper noun.

Words near fox and geese in the dictionary

  1. Fownhope
  2. fowrah
  3. fowrahs
  4. Fowski
  5. fox
  6. fox and geese
  7. fox bat
  8. fox bats
  9. fox bolt
  10. fox bolts
  11. fox caller

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