hunt the slipper

British  

noun

1. a children's game in which the players look for a hidden slipper or other object, such as a thimble ( hunt the thimble )

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hunt the slipper

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

From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 16 by Various

Well," she admitted, cautiously, "if it were a game of hunt the slipper, I'd say you were getting rather warm.

From The Little Colonel: Maid of Honor by Barry, Etheldred B. (Etheldred Breeze)

Harriot was very fond of her old game of hunt the slipper; but what was she to do with the slipper by herself; she could only shove it from hand to hand.

From The Looking-Glass for the Mind or Intellectual Mirror by Bewick, John

In this game of hunt the slipper he had imagined that he was growing “hotter” and “hotter” till death balked him at the finish.

From The Nebuly Coat by Falkner, John Meade

I taught them in return the game of "hunt the slipper;" you know it, don't you?

From French and Oriental Love in a Harem by Avril, Paul