Complete Definition of "bob-cherry"

English
Alternative spellings
bob cherry
bobcherry

Noun
en-noun|sg=bob-cherry|bob-cherries

  1. A play where one tries to snap at a swinging cherry with one's mouth.

#:Playing at bob cherry
#:
Tom and Nell and Hugh:
#:Cherry bob! cherry bob!
#:
There's a bob for you.
#:
#:Tom bobs a cherry
#:
For gaping snapping Hugh,
#:While curly-pated Nelly
#:
Snaps at it too.'' � Christina G. Rosetti, "A NURSERY RHYME BOOK", 1893

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