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ring plays

ring plays is the plural of ring play.

Meaning of ring play

Noun

ring play (countable and uncountable, plural ring plays)

  1. (Caribbean, US, chiefly African-American) Any of various (mainly children's) games played in a circle, typically with dance movements and singing.
    • Shall we have a Ring-play before we work today?1911, Scott Joplin, “The Corn-Huskers”, in Treemonisha

Questions about ring plays

What is ring plays the plural of?
Ring plays is the plural of ring play.

Words near ring plays in the dictionary

  1. ring out
  2. ring outs
  3. ring ouzel
  4. ring ouzels
  5. ring play
  6. ring plays
  7. ring plover
  8. ring pull
  9. ring pulls
  10. ring rain
  11. ring rat

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