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prisoner's base
noun
- any of various children's games in which each of two teams has a home base where members of the opposing team are kept prisoner after being tagged or caught and from which they can be freed only in specified ways.
prisoner's base
noun
- a children's game involving two teams, members of which chase and capture each other to increase the number of children in their own base
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Word History and Origins
Origin of prisoner's base1
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Example Sentences
He can duck first-class when he wants to, whether its playing hockey or prisoners base.
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The quiet streets began to ring with the cries of boys playing tag, leap frog and prisoners base.
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Just before school, games like leap-frog, or tag or prisoners base would prevail.
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