cat's cradle
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Noun
editcat's cradle (countable and uncountable, plural cat's cradles)
- (uncountable) A children's game of forming string into various shapes around one's fingers.
- (countable, idiomatic) Any complicated structure that appears to be without purpose.
- 2020, Sophy Roberts, The Lost Pianos of Siberia, page 89:
- There was the a risk that my research might reveal the original, rightful owner of an instrument, which could open up a cat's cradle of restitution claims.
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editchildren's game
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