bob-cherry

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bob-cherry (uncountable)

  1. A game where one tries to snap at a swinging cherry with one's mouth.
    • 1893, Christina G. Rosetti, A NURSERY RHYME BOOK:
      Playing at bob cherry
      Tom and Nell and Hugh:
      Cherry bob! cherry bob!
      There's a bob for you.
      Tom bobs a cherry
      For gaping snapping Hugh,
      While curly-pated Nelly
      Snaps at it too.