English Dictionary

nievie-nievie-nick-nack

名詞

古語 不可算名詞

(archaic) A game of Scottish origin in which one person would try to guess the hand in which another person was holding an object.

日本語の意味

スコットランド起源の古風な遊びで、ある人が他の人の、どの手に物を持っているかを当てるゲーム

At the village fair, children crowded around the old man playing nievie-nievie-nick-nack, trying to guess which hand hid the coin.

村の縁日で、子どもたちは手の中の物を当てるスコットランド発祥の遊びをしている老人の周りに群がり、どちらの手がコインを隠しているかを当てようとした。

意味（1）

(archaic) A game of Scottish origin in which one person would try to guess the hand in which another person was holding an object.

Do you think you could round up four others so we could have a numinous go at it, and nievie-nievie-nick-nack in one another's ear?