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puss in the corner

Noun CEFR C2

Definitions

  1. A children's game in which someone in the centre tries to capture other players' bases as they change places.
  2. A solitaire card game with four waste piles located at the corners of a square of the four aces.

Examples

“It sounded, as this young lady thought it over, very much like puss-in-the-corner, and she could only wonder if the distribution of parties would lead to a rushing to and fro and a changing of places.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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