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no hat, no play

no hat, no play phrase: a school policy requiring students to wear a hat in order to be outdoors during recess and lunchtime.

Phrase

no hat, no play

  1. (Australia) A school policy requiring students to wear a hat in order to be outdoors during recess and lunchtime.
    • Osteoporosis Australia is calling for the 'no hat, no play' policy in school playgrounds to be reassessed in the ACT and Tasmania, because children are not getting enough sunlight.2006 April 26, “'No hat, no play' rethink urged”, in ABC News

Words formed from no hat, no play

Questions about no hat, no play

What does no hat, no play mean?
No hat, no play means a school policy requiring students to wear a hat in order to be outdoors during recess and lunchtime.
What part of speech is no hat, no play?
No hat, no play is a phrase.

Words near no hat, no play in the dictionary

  1. no guts, no glory
  2. no hard feelings
  3. no harm done
  4. no harm, no foul
  5. no harm, no fowl
  6. no hat, no play
  7. no hell
  8. no holds barred
  9. no holes barred
  10. no homo
  11. no horse in that race

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