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prisoner's base

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pris·on·er's base (prz-nrz, prznrz)
n.
A children's game in which two teams try to capture opposing players by tagging them and bringing them to a base.

prisoner's base
n
(Group Games / Games, other than specified) 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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Noun1.prisoner's base - a children's game; two teams capture opposing players by tagging them and taking them to their own base
game - an amusement or pastime; "they played word games"; "he thought of his painting as a game that filled his empty time"; "his life was all fun and games"


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Prisoner's base, rounders, high-cock-a-lorum, cricket, football - he was soon initiated into the delights of them all; and though most of the boys were older than himself, he managed to hold his own very well.
 
 
 
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