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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Example Sentences

"They're coming up the lane," were Johnnie's first words, when the whole family was seated on the floor like players at hunt the slipper.

From Fated to Be Free by Ingelow, Jean

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

"Oh, yes! that's right; let's play at hunt the slipper," cried all the youngest, clapping their hands and jumping up and down.

From The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. VIII. No. 358, November 6, 1886. by Peters, Charles

They play "blindman's buff," and "hunt the slipper," and handball and football.

From Big People and Little People of Other Lands by Shaw, Edward R. (Edward Richard)

This game is a poetical form of our "hunt the slipper."

From Christmas: Its Origin and Associations Together with Its Historical Events and Festive Celebrations During Nineteen Centuries by Dawson, William Francis