French cricket
noun [ U ] UK (also french cricket) uk/ˌfrentʃ ˈkrɪk.ɪt/ us/ˌfrentʃ ˈkrɪk.ɪt/
法国式板球（类似于板球的儿童游戏，以击球员的腿为三柱门柱）
a children's game that is similar to cricket, often played on a beach or other public piece of ground, that involves trying to hit a soft ball thrown towards your legs, using a bat (= a specially shaped piece of wood) or sometimes another object
He taught me to play French cricket on the lawn. 他在草坪上教我玩法式板球。
The wide-open expanse of beach is a perfect venue for kite flying and french cricket.
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- Honeymooning couples probably don't want to play French cricket on the beach.
- They were playing French cricket with my new tennis racket.
- The office phone hardly ever rang, and we filled the days playing french cricket with a scrunched up ball of paper.
- The children played every street game from hopscotch to French cricket.