hunt the slipper

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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

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

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

By and by, when the grapes and the bonbons came, the sixteen children were led in by Maria Munro, who had, till now, kept them at games of string and hunt the slipper.

From Christmas Eve and Christmas Day Ten Christmas stories by Hale, Edward E.

"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'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