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Meaning of ring-around-the-rosy in English
Pronunciation
/rɪŋəˌraʊndðəˈroʊzi/
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Noun
ring-around-the-rosy
Etymology
said to refer to the inflamed (‘rose-coloured’) ring of buboes, symptomatic of the plague; the final part of the game is symbolic of death
Definitions
1.
a children's game in which the players dance around in a circle and at a given signal all squat