bob-cherry

English

Alternative forms

• bob cherry
• bobcherry

Noun

bob-cherry (uncountable)

1. A game where one tries to snap at a swinging cherry with one's mouth.
   • 1893, Christina G. Rosetti, A NURSERY RHYME BOOK:

     Playing at bob cherry
     Tom and Nell and Hugh:
     Cherry bob! cherry bob!
     There's a bob for you.
     Tom bobs a cherry
     For gaping snapping Hugh,
     While curly-pated Nelly
     Snaps at it too.