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piggy in the middle  

Definition

  • Piggy in the Middle is a children's game played in the Anglophone world and Turkey, with a name subject to broad regional variety: Donkey Ball, Hide the Pickle, Keep Away (and Keep Away From____, filling in the blank with the name of the player in the middle), Monkey in the Middle, Pickle in a Dish, Pickle in the Middle, Pig in the Middle, or Rat in the Middle, among likely others. Piggy in the Middle is principally British; Rat in the Middle is Turkish; and Monkey in the Middle is common along the eastern seaboard of Canada and the United States. [Source: Encyclopedia of Play in Today's Society; Piggy in the Middle]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-JZX20RNM-V

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