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ring-a-levio

ring-a-levio is the alternative form of ringolevio.

Meaning of ringolevio

Noun

ringolevio (uncountable)

  1. (US, playground games) A children's game, a variation of tag, where each side has a designated "jail" to hold captured players from the other team.
    • There was stickball, there was handball, and there was ringolevio. Carney had loved the game. It was like tag, but bigger and more monstrous. One team hunted and the other was pursued. “Jail” was a front stoop, or the trunk of a car owned by somebody who wouldn’t beat you for touching their ride....2023, Colson Whitehead, Crook Manifesto, Fleet, page 56

Questions about ring-a-levio

What is ring-a-levio the alternative form of?
Ring-a-levio is the alternative form of ringolevio.

Words near ring-a-levio in the dictionary

  1. ring wings
  2. ring wrench
  3. ring wrenches
  4. ring-a-ding
  5. ring-a-ding-ding
  6. ring-a-levio
  7. ring-around-the-rosy
  8. ring-bark
  9. ring-barked
  10. ring-barking
  11. ring-barks

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