Crossword clues for puss in the corner
puss in the corner
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Puss \Puss\ (p[.u]s), n. [Cf. D. poes, Ir. & Gael. pus.]
A cat; -- a fondling appellation.
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A hare; -- so called by sportsmen.
Puss in the corner, a game in which all the players but one occupy corners of a room, or certain goals in the open air, and exchange places, the one without a corner endeavoring to get a corner while it is vacant, leaving some other without one.
Puss moth (Zo["o]l.), any one of several species of stout bombycid moths belonging to Cerura, Harpyia, and allied genera, esp. Harpyia vinuli, of Europe. The larv[ae] are humpbacked, and have two caudal appendages.
Wiktionary
n. 1 A children's game in which someone in the centre tries to capture other players' bases as they change places. 2 A solitaire card game with four waste piles located at the corners of a square of the four aces.
Wikipedia
Puss in the corner may refer to:
- Puss in the corner (children's game)
- Puss in the Corner, solitaire card game
- "Les quatre coins", from Jeux d'enfants
- A quilt square pattern
Puss in the corner is a children's game for five players.
Usage examples of "puss in the corner".
They are so pleasant together - they play puss in the corner and hunt the slipper.
His little black god-daughters, Sarah and Emily, had so shot up, had grown so leggy, that he did not have to bend to kiss them, and both were in fine spirits, since they had spent the last half hour in the company of William Reade, Stephen's supper guest, who had shown them the Royal Navy's version of Puss in the Corner, a more complex and subtle game than was usual in the Liberties.