Phrase guide
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noun
A children's dogpile game.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Australia, uncountable
Topics: games
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Synonym of dogpile.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Australia, Australian, uncountable
Topics: ball-games, football, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
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Synonyms: dogpile
Antonyms: none provided
History
From the cry of each boy entering the dogpile, sometimes expanded to stack on the mill, more on still, apparently a variant of the earlier British games more sacks to the mill and stack-upon-the-kill.
