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steal the bacon

steal the bacon proper noun: a traditional children's game, a variant of tag, in which teams try to steal a flag or other item (the "bacon") from the field without being tagged.

Proper noun

steal the bacon

  1. A traditional children's game, a variant of tag, in which teams try to steal a flag or other item (the "bacon") from the field without being tagged.

Questions about steal the bacon

What does steal the bacon mean?
Steal the bacon means a traditional children's game, a variant of tag, in which teams try to steal a flag or other item (the "bacon") from the field without being tagged.
What part of speech is steal the bacon?
Steal the bacon is a proper noun.

Words near steal the bacon in the dictionary

  1. steal away
  2. steal in
  3. steal someone's heart
  4. steal someone's identity
  5. steal someone's thunder
  6. steal the bacon
  7. steal the scene
  8. steal the show
  9. steal up
  10. stealability
  11. stealable

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