Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryA game where players have to guess what one can see, based on the initial letter of the object. · A children's game of hide and seek, so called from the cry when one is found.
From the phrase I spy with my little eye used in the game.
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