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oranges and lemons

oranges and lemons noun: a traditional English children's game, in which a rhyme is chanted as the players file, in pairs, through an arch formed by two other players' clasped hands. Those caught when the hands descend then form another adjacent arch.

Noun

oranges and lemons (uncountable)

  1. A traditional English children's game, in which a rhyme is chanted as the players file, in pairs, through an arch formed by two other players' clasped hands. Those caught when the hands descend then form another adjacent arch.

Questions about oranges and lemons

What does oranges and lemons mean?
Oranges and lemons means a traditional English children's game, in which a rhyme is chanted as the players file, in pairs, through an arch formed by two other players' clasped hands. Those caught when the hands descend then form another adjacent arch.
What part of speech is oranges and lemons?
Oranges and lemons is a noun.

Words near oranges and lemons in the dictionary

  1. orangerita
  2. orangeritas
  3. orangeroot
  4. orangery
  5. oranges
  6. oranges and lemons
  7. oranges with oranges
  8. orangespotted
  9. orangest
  10. orangetini
  11. orangetinis

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