| 单词 | oranges and lemons |
| 释义 | > as lemmasoranges and lemons oranges and lemons n. British a children's game in which players pass under an arch formed by the joined upraised hands of two of the participants while a song beginning with these words is chanted.See I. & P. Opie Oxf. Dict. Nursery Rhymes (1968) 337 for a history of the song on which the game is based. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > children's game > other children's games > [noun] > singing game > specific oranges and lemons1823 jingo-ring1841 mulberry bush1849 ring-a-ring o' roses1855 London bridge1894 1823 E. Moor Suffolk Words 260 Oranges and Lemons, a juvenile pastime, playable by both boys and girls. I believe it is nearly the same as plumb-pudding and roast-beef. 1873 Young Englishwoman Mar. 154/2 Could you..give me the words in full of ‘Oranges and Lemons’; ‘I wrote a Letter to my Love’; ‘Kiss in the Ring’; and any other of the old games? 1887 E. D. Bourne Girls' Games 48 Oranges and Lemons, two of the elder girls stand opposite to each other, and, joining hands, make a bridge for the rest to pass under... The two..sing this rhyme,—‘oranges and lemons’, [etc.]. 1903 N.E.D. at Orange sb.1 Oranges and lemons, a nursery game in which a ditty beginning with these words is sung, and the players take sides according to their answer to the question ‘Which will you have, oranges or lemons?’. 1957 ‘Miss Read’ Village Diary 254 After tea, the old well-loved games were played, ‘Oranges and Lemons’ with Miss Clare at the piano, and Mr and Mrs Partridge making the arch, [etc.]. 1969 I. Opie & P. Opie Children's Games viii. 236 Players..are invited to be an ‘orange’ or a ‘lemon’ in the game of ‘Oranges and Lemons’. 1996 J. Grenfell-Hill Growing up in Wales 110 There was a game called Oranges and Lemons, which comprised two players facing each other, they could clasp hands and the rest would run around and under out outstretched hands. < as lemmas |
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