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sardines¹

Rhymes with -iːnz

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The game name refers to sardines tightly packed in a can.

noun

  1. plural plural of sardine

noun

  1. uncountable A children's game in which the players hide together, lying side by side. As the 1857 to Manchester Piccadilly rolls in, I scan the windows and realise there are plenty of spare seats, so I hop aboard. The train is a '221'+'220' combo to allow for social distancing - a luxury on an XC train as normally you're playing sardines, so I make the most of it.

verb

  1. indicative, present, singular, third person third-person singular simple present indicative of sardine

Sardines²

noun

  1. plural plural of Sardine

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"sardines." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/sardines. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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sardines. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/sardines

Chicago

"sardines." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/sardines.

BibTeX
@misc{sardines_2026,
  title = {sardines},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sardines},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}