ring around a rosy

/rɪŋ əˈraʊnd ə ˈroʊzi/
noun
  1. A children's game in which players hold hands and dance in a circle, singing a rhyme, and fall down at the end.
    • My grandmother taught me the song for ring-around-a-rosy when I was little.
    • The children giggled as they fell down at the end of ring-around-a-rosy.
    • The kindergarten class played ring-around-a-rosy during recess.
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