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Meaning of oranges and lemons | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

A traditional English children's game, in which a rhyme is chanted as the players file, in pairs, through an arch formed by two other players' clasped hands. Those caught when the hands descend then form another adjacent arch.

uncountable

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

oranges with oranges orangetini orangetip Orangetown Orangevale Orangeville

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