English
Alternative spellings
bob cherry
bobcherry
Noun
en-noun|sg=bob-cherry|bob-cherries
- 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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