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sardines

noun
1
A children's hide-and-seek game where everyone who finds the hider squeezes into the same hiding spot.
"The kids played sardines in the garden until it got dark."

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In plain EnglishA party game where players pile into one hiding place, one by one.

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Etymology

Named after the way players end up packed tightly together, like sardines in a tin.

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