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Date: 1800-1900
Origin: HOP1 + scotch 'line marked in a surface' (15-19 centuries)

hopscotch

 noun
     
hopscotch
Related topics: Games
hop‧scotch [uncountable]
DG a children's game in which each child has to jump from one square drawn on the ground to another
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