HOPSCOTCH
INTERJECTIONS
► FALDERAL! an exclamation of exultation used in the game of hopscotch on reaching the centre square → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► FALLAL! an exclamation of exultation on reaching the centre square in hopscotch → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
NOUNS
► ANGEL-DEVIL of hopscotch: at the end, after you have finished going forwards and backwards on both feet, throwing potsie in each box, then do the same on one foot, with the potsie; then, with eyes shut, without throwing the potsie, jump through it on both feet; the opponent calls out on each jump “angel” (if you do not step on a line), and “devil” (if you do) → 1953 Amer. dial
► BEDS the game of hopscotch → 1885 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► BOXES the game of hopscotch → 1967 Amer. dial.
► FALLAL the game of hopscotch → 1887 Eng. dial.
► HACKETY the game of hopscotch → 19C Eng. dial.
► HACKETY-OYSTER the game of hopscotch → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► HAFTIES hopscotch → 1925 Sc.
► HAFTY a smooth, flat stone used in the game of hopscotch → 1925 Sc.
► HECKITY-BED the game of hopscotch → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► HECK-SHELL the game of hopscotch → 1873
► HICKLE hopscotch → 1907 Amer. dial.
► JACKS the game of hopscotch → 1968 Amer. dial.
► LAGGER in hopscotch: the stone used to throw on the squares → 1957 Amer. dial.
► PAL-AL ► PALALL ► PALLALL ► PALLALLS the game of hopscotch → 1799 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► PALAULAYS ► PALLALDIES ► PALLY-ULLY the game of hopscotch; sometimes, the stone used in the game → 1808 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
► PALLALLY ► PALLALY the game of hopscotch → 1799
► PALLIE the game of hopscotch → 1887 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► PALLY-HITCH the game of hopscotch → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► PAN-BED the game of hopscotch → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► PICKETY HOP hop-scotch → 1957 Amer. dial.
► PICKEY a round, flat little stone used by children in playing hopscotch → 1910 Ireland (Bk.)
► POT the last compartment in the diagram drawn for the game of hopscotch → 1883 Amer. dial.
► POTS the game of hopscotch → 1895 Amer. dial.
► POTSIE ► POTSY ► POTTSIE ► POTTSY the game of hopscotch → 1905 Amer. dial.
► QUOITS the game of hopscotch → 1967 Sc.
► SCOTCH-HOB the game of hopscotch → 1892 Eng. dial.
► SCOTCH-HOP ► SCOTCH-HOPS the game of hopscotch → 1892 Eng. dial.
► SKIP-AND-HOP the game of hopscotch → 1965 Amer. dial.
► SKIP-HOP the game of hopscotch → 1965 Amer. dial.
► SKIP-SCOTCH the game of hopscotch → 1965 Amer. dial.
► SKY BLUE hopscotch; also, the area at the top of a hopscotch diagram → 1957 Amer. dial.
► TAW the marker used in the game of hopscotch → 1988 Amer. dial.
VERBS
► HECK to hop on one leg; to play hopscotch → 1873