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hopscotch

hops·cotch

UK/ˈhɒpˌskɒt͡ʃ/ US/ˈhɑpˌskɑt͡ʃ/ rare

noun

1.

a game in which a child tosses a stone into an area drawn on the ground and then hops through it and back to regain the stone

Origin

From hop + scotch (“scratch”).

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