Hot"coc`kles (?), n. [Hot + cockle, cockle being perh. corrupt. fr. knuckle. Cf. F. main chaude (lit., hot hand) hotcockles.]
A childish play, in which one covers his eyes, and guesses who strikes him or his hand placed behind him.
© Webster 1913.
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