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hopscotch

/ˈhɑpˌskɑt͡ʃ/ noun

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about hopscotch at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

  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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