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childrenā€™s game, any of the amusements and pastimes of children that may involve spontaneous, unstructured activity, based mostly on fantasy and imagination, or organized games with set rules. Many games are derived from everyday life and reflect the culture from which they developed. Some childrenā€™s games have been played for centuries. Swings existed on the island of Crete in 1600 bce, and jacks, or knucklebones, a game that involves tossing and then catching five or...

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