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单词 hopscotch
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hopscotchn.

Brit. /ˈhɒpskɒtʃ/, U.S. /ˈhɑpˌskɑtʃ/
Etymology: < hop v.1 + scotch n.1 an incised line or scratch: a formation like catchpenny, heal-all, etc.
A children's game, consisting in hopping on one foot and driving forward with it a flat stone, fragment of a slate or tile, etc., from one compartment to another of an oblong figure traced out on the ground, so as always to hop over or clear each scotch or line. Also called hop-score n., hop-scot n., and (earlier) Scotch hoppers n. at scotch n.1 Compounds.
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spurn-point1532
Scotch hoppersa1672
hop-scot1789
pallall1799
hopscotch1801
hop-crease1803
Scotch hob1823
hop-score1829
pickie1884
potsy1905
1801 J. Strutt Glig-gamena Angel-ðeod iv. iv. 339 Among the school~boys in my memory there was a pastime called Hop-Scotch.
1840 R. H. Dana Two Years before Mast xxiii. 72 Playing hopscotch and other games on the hard sand.
1886 American 12 140 It would seem that the well-known boys' game of ‘hop~scotch’ dates back to the beginning of the Christian era.
attributive.1897 Appletons' Pop. Sci. Monthly Nov. 64 Streets and lanes cross and recross in delightfully hopskotch fashion.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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