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farmer in the dell

noun

a game, accompanied by a song with several verses, in which one person, designated as the farmer, occupies the center of a circle of persons and is joined in the circle by other players designated as wife, child, nurse, cat, rat, and cheese, these then leaving the circle in order except for the one designated as cheese, who is left standing alone in the circle at the end.

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Nearby words

  1. farm-to-table,
  2. farm-toun,
  3. farmed,
  4. farmer,
  5. farmer cheese,
  6. farmer's lung,
  7. farmer's reducer,
  8. farmer, fannie,
  9. farmer, fannie merritt,
  10. farmer-general
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