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/kæts krˈeɪdəl/ Listen

Cat's cradle

noun

A game played with string looped over the fingers.

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"Cat's cradle" Quotes from Famous Books

... be ashamed of being good-natured to those who are younger and weaker than yourself," said his uncle, smiling at seeing him produce his whip cord, to indulge his little cousin with a game at her favourite cat's cradle. "I shall not think you one bit less manly, because I see you playing at cat's cradle with a little child of ...

— The Parent's Assistant • Maria Edgeworth

... out-of-doors work. The children dropped corn, and potatoes, and there was always weeding. There was so much spring work and fall work, and folks couldn't be comfortable if they saw a child playing 'cat's cradle.' They did think Satan was going about continually to catch up idle hands. Well maybe if I'd had children I'd 'a' ...

— A Little Girl in Old Boston • Amanda Millie Douglas

Words linked to "Cat's cradle" : child's game