spin the platter

American  

noun

1. a game in which one member of a group spins a platter on its edge and a designated member must catch it before it falls or pay a forfeit.

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Example Sentences

There are also experts who claim that the disk jockey, who does nothing but spin the platter and talk it up on the radio, is the most important of all.

From Time Magazine Archive

“Here’s the man with the patter, Here to spin the platter, Why, it doesn’t matter, ’Cause the world is getting fatter.

From "The Watsons Go to Birmingham" by Christopher Paul Curtis

First the boys all stayed on one side of the room and the girls on the other, but when Alice said, "Let's play spin the platter," they all cried out, "Oh, yes, let's do it."

From Lulu, Alice and Jimmie Wibblewobble by Garis, Howard Roger

It's lots o' fun; we spin the platter and all kinds o' things.

From A Spoil of Office A Story of the Modern West by Garland, Hamlin