puss-in-the-corner

There were the Wimans44 and Mary Hay and Eva La Galliene and rides in the Bois at dawn and the night we all played puss-in-the-corner at the Ritz.

A Life in Letters F. SCOTT FITZGERALD 1994

There were the Wimans44 and Mary Hay and Eva La Galliene and rides in the Bois at dawn and the night we all played puss-in-the-corner at the Ritz.

A Life in Letters F. SCOTT FITZGERALD 1994

All the things from under the saloon seats come out and dance together, and play puss-in-the-corner, after the fashion of loose gear when there is any sea on.

Travels in West Africa 2003

You have seen, when what you call a beam of light comes in at a hole, before the shutters have been opened, how the little specks of dust glance up and down in it, as if they were at an endless game of puss-in-the-corner.

Twilight and Dawn Simple Talks on the Six Days of Creation Caroline Pridham

Tops belong to autumn, hockey to the ice, base-ball to the spring and summer, foot-ball to the cold, snappy fall, and I seem to remember that even such games as hide-and-seek or puss-in-the-corner were played constantly at one period, not at all at another.

Penguin Persons & Peppermints Walter Prichard Eaton 1917

I played tag and puss-in-the-corner in the schoolyard, and did everything that was comrade-like.

The Promised Land Mary Antin 1915

I played tag and puss-in-the-corner in the schoolyard, and did everything that was comrade-like.

The Promised Land 1912

I played tag and puss-in-the-corner in the schoolyard, and did everything that was comrade-like.

The Promised Land Antin, Mary, 1881-1949 1912

I think the trouble was that Bi never got it fully into his fool head that it wasn't just fun -- like puss-in-the-corner or blind-man's-buff.

The New Boy at Hilltop Ralph Henry Barbour 1907

I had a queer feeling that whenever I wasn't looking at them straight they went askew, and moved about, and played a noiseless puss-in-the-corner behind my back.

The Country of the Blind, and Other Stories 1906