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- stamps, stampsies
- An occasional rule of a game of conkers: if someone's conker came off their string, or they dropped it, the opponent would be allowed to stamp on the conker if the owner didn't pick it up in More…
- steely
- A "marble" made of stainless steel instead of glass. They ranged in size from tiny ball-bearings to huge 'tenners'. See also: dobber, alley bomper, tenner =UK
- stick goalie
- Goalie cannot leave penalty area (soccer). =UK (SE)
- strip jack naked
- This was the name for the game in which cards are placed in a pile face up. If a player puts down a face card, then the next player has to try to beat it, drawing cards "blind" from More…
- stuck in the mud
- Combination of tag and simulated oral sex. When tigged one must stand still with legs apart, and wait for a member of the opposite sex to crawl between them, thus 'releasing' you from being More…
- Sweetheart
- (ed: skipping game - there must be more verses... anyone have any to send in?) Rope is twirled slowly... girl jumps in to skip... followed by this chant Raspberry, strawberry, apple jam More…
- tag, tig, tip
- A game, which at its simplest involves the person chosen to be "it" first, running around trying to touch or "tag" another member of those playing the game. When touched... or More…
- taps
- A basketball game that you have to get 21 points in different shots. =circa 1990's, USA
- taws
- Alternative word for marbles. Often used with 'alley'; 'alley taws' were the bigger marbles that you tried to hit with smaller ones. See also: marbles =circa 1900 - 1950's, UK (Scot)
- tenner
- A large marble of around 30mm in diameter, and highly sought after. Could be glass or steel (a 'tenner steely'). See also: alley bomper, dobber =UK
- thax
- Involved one child having a ball and other children running around them, in a circle, the ball person would have to close there eyes and throw the ball at the running children. when the More…
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- three and in
- A game where you had to score three goals past the keeper to then suffer the torment of the other 15 kids hammering the ball at you. Normally played with a goal painted on a school wall. More…
- thugby
- Version of rugby where a soccer ball was used. No scrums tho, plenty of rucks, mauls, general mayhem etc. Similar to murder ball. =circa 1980's, UK (NE)
- tibs
- When playing conkers, if the conker was hit only very slightly, the first one to shout "tibs" got a free go. Not to be confused with "clinch" which was used similarly but when the More…
- tick-off-ground
- Avoidance of becoming "it" in game of tag or tick by being off-ground. See also: off ground touch
- tidy
- Substitue for almost any word that means pleasure or 'nice'. For example, when a nice bit of skirt passes by you could say "That blonde's tidy.", or if you are pleased with lunch you More…
- tig, tiggy
- Lincolnshire (UK) equiv of "It". One person runs around and "tigs" the other person who is now "on". Variations include "Tiggy Off Ground" (you're safe if your feet are off More…
- tin-can-through-the-legs, killer can (in London area)
- A game in which a tin can is kicked and aimed between the legs of opposing players. A successful "goal" results in beatings administered to the player who was "scored" through. More…
- tingle tangle
- Often, during a game of conkers, a particularly vicious attempt at a hit would result in the shoelaces/strings becoming entwined. At this point the two kids playing would tug furiously at More…
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