hot cockles

noun

1. a children's game in which a blindfolded player is hit by one of the other players and then tries to guess which one did the hitting.

hot cockles

noun

1. functioning as singular (formerly) a children's game in which one blindfolded player has to guess which other player has hit him

Word History and Origins

Origin of hot cockles¹

First recorded in 1540–50

Example Sentences

Hot cockles succeeded next, questions and commands followed that, and last of all they sat down to hunt the slipper.

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The few works which treat on the subject have all become as obselete as “hot cockles” and “crambo.”

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High barons play blind-man's buff; seigneurs and dames sometimes join in the undignified "hot cockles."

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But, for 'hot cockles,' at least three players are necessary, and that made them laugh.

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Hot cockles succeeded next, questions and commands followed that, and last of all, they sate down to hunt the slipper.

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