hot cockles

See also: hotcockles

English

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Etymology

From French hautes-coquilles. Compare French main chaude (“hot hand”), referring to the same game. By surface analysis, hot +‎ cockle.

Noun

hot cockles (uncountable)

  1. (dated) a children's game in which a blindfolded person had to guess who was hitting them.
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