Chris-cross-row

English

Noun

Chris-cross-row (plural Chris-cross-rows)

  1. Alternative form of Christcross-row.
    • 1863, Charles Kingsley, The Water Babies: A Fairy Tale for a Land Baby:
      At her feet sat the grandfather of all the cats; and opposite her sat, on two benches, twelve or fourteen neat, rosy, chubby little children, learning their Chris-cross-row; and gabble enough they made about it.