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hot cockles

hot cockles noun: a children's game in which a blindfolded person had to guess who was hitting them.

Noun

hot cockles (uncountable)

  1. (dated) a children's game in which a blindfolded person had to guess who was hitting them.

Forms of hot cockles

alternative formhotcockles

Origin of hot cockles

From French hautes-coquilles. Compare French main chaude (“hot hand”), referring to the same game. By surface analysis, hot + cockle.

Questions about hot cockles

What does hot cockles mean?
Hot cockles means a children's game in which a blindfolded person had to guess who was hitting them.
What part of speech is hot cockles?
Hot cockles is a noun.

Words near hot cockles in the dictionary

  1. hot chocolated
  2. hot chocolates
  3. hot chocolating
  4. hot closet
  5. hot closets
  6. hot cockles
  7. hot cocoa
  8. hot cocoas
  9. hot comb
  10. hot combs
  11. hot coppers

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