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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[

Hot

cockle

being perh. corrupt. fr.

knuckle

. Cf. F.

main chaude

(lit., hot hand) hotcockles.]

A childish play, in which one covers his eyes, and guesses who strikes him or his hand placed behind him.

Noun.

plu.

A play in which one covers his eyes, and guesses who strikes him, or his hand placed behind him.

See also: hot cockles

hotcockles ‎(uncountable)