patty-cake
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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The group has been known to break out into hopscotch, Hula-Hoop, line dancing, jump rope and patty-cake, among other games.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 20, 2024
In front of these drawings at the Met, I fell in love with David again: with his intensity and his frigidity; with how, in his shadow, today’s “political” art looks as benign as patty-cake.
From New York Times • Dec. 7, 2022
But it’s the irrepressible resilience of her characters, the spontaneous patty-cake between Olimpia and Nena after Orlando brings the girl home, that has made Fornés such a seminal figure in contemporary playwriting.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 18, 2017
That rapid-fire, back-and-forth patter — like David Mamet’s — constantly threatens to slip into a manic patty-cake that sounds gratingly artificial.
From Washington Post • Jan. 24, 2017
Hua-hua was sleepy and did not want to play patty-cake or any of our usual games, but we stayed at my Fourth Aunt’s apartment until we heard the footsteps going down the stairs.
From "Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution" by Ji-li Jiang
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