Level-coil
noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 A boisterous and rowdy game formerly played on Christmas, in which players must quickly switch seats at a signal. historical, uncountable
"[…] so they did, and entred the Parler, found all this leuell coyle, and his pate broken, his face scratcht […]"
Example
More examples"[…] so they did, and entred the Parler, found all this leuell coyle, and his pate broken, his face scratcht […]"
Etymology
A corruption of French lève-cul (“lift the buttocks”).
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