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ring relievo

ring relievo 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 relievo

What is ring relievo the alternative form of?
Ring relievo is the alternative form of ringolevio.

Words near ring relievo in the dictionary

  1. ring rain
  2. ring rat
  3. ring rats
  4. ring reinforcement
  5. ring reinforcements
  6. ring relievo
  7. ring road
  8. ring roads
  9. ring rot
  10. ring round
  11. ring shout

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