(formerly) a children's game in which one blindfolded player has to guess which other player has hit him or her
hot cockles in American English
noun
a children's game in which a blindfolded player is hit by one of the other playersand then tries to guess which one did the hitting
Word origin
[1540–50]This word is first recorded in the period 1540–50. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: flare, gondola, machine, monitor, platform