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puss in the corner

puss in the corner noun: a children's game in which someone in the centre tries to capture other players' bases as they change places.

Noun

puss in the corner (uncountable)

  1. A children's game in which someone in the centre tries to capture other players' bases as they change places.
    • It sounded, as this young lady thought it over, very much like puss-in-the-corner, and she could only wonder if the distribution of parties would lead to a rushing to and fro and a changing of places.1897, Henry James, What Maisie Knew
  2. A solitaire card game with four waste piles located at the corners of a square of the four aces.

Synonyms of puss in the corner

Questions about puss in the corner

What does puss in the corner mean?
Puss in the corner means a children's game in which someone in the centre tries to capture other players' bases as they change places.
What part of speech is puss in the corner?
Puss in the corner is a noun.

Words near puss in the corner in the dictionary

  1. puss
  2. puss caterpillar
  3. puss caterpillars
  4. puss in a bag
  5. Puss in Boots
  6. puss in the corner
  7. puss moth
  8. puss moths
  9. puss out
  10. puss-gentleman
  11. puss-gentlemen

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