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cat's cradle definition

cat's cradle

a children's pastime in which a string looped over the fingers is transferred back and forth on the hands of the players so as to form different designs

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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