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ring-around-the-rosy

Definitions

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  • noun a children's game in which the players dance around in a circle and at a given signal all squat

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Examples

  • She and Addie grabbed hands and jumped up and down together, like when my sister, Angelica, used to make me play ring-around-the-rosy.

    Nice and Mean Jessica Leader 2010

  • She and Addie grabbed hands and jumped up and down together, like when my sister, Angelica, used to make me play ring-around-the-rosy.

    Nice and Mean Jessica Leader 2010

  • She and Addie grabbed hands and jumped up and down together, like when my sister, Angelica, used to make me play ring-around-the-rosy.

    Nice and Mean Jessica Leader 2010

  • She and Addie grabbed hands and jumped up and down together, like when my sister, Angelica, used to make me play ring-around-the-rosy.

    Nice and Mean Jessica Leader 2010

  • The village children played ring-around-the-rosy and danced with the lord's child.

    A Christmas Parable By Judith Moran Judith "Jlo" Quinton 2008

  • The village children played ring-around-the-rosy and danced with the lord's child.

    Archive 2008-12-01 Judith "Jlo" Quinton 2008

  • But he has a convincing lyricism and an especially supple back, and Morris uses his different look by putting him in the middle of a six-man ring-around-the-rosy circle, where he suffers (from what?), survives, is mentored by the Bowie figure, and is absorbed back into the group.

    Mark Morris Does Mozart: A Dose of Sheer Pleasure 2006

  • But he has a convincing lyricism and an especially supple back, and Morris uses his different look by putting him in the middle of a six-man ring-around-the-rosy circle, where he suffers (from what?), survives, is mentored by the Bowie figure, and is absorbed back into the group.

    Mark Morris Does Mozart: A Dose of Sheer Pleasure 2006

  • But he has a convincing lyricism and an especially supple back, and Morris uses his different look by putting him in the middle of a six-man ring-around-the-rosy circle, where he suffers (from what?), survives, is mentored by the Bowie figure, and is absorbed back into the group.

    Mark Morris Does Mozart: A Dose of Sheer Pleasure 2006

  • But he has a convincing lyricism and an especially supple back, and Morris uses his different look by putting him in the middle of a six-man ring-around-the-rosy circle, where he suffers (from what?), survives, is mentored by the Bowie figure, and is absorbed back into the group.

    Mark Morris Does Mozart: A Dose of Sheer Pleasure 2006

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