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Hopscotch is a popular playground game in which players toss a small object, called a lagger,[1][2] into numbered triangles or a pattern of rectangles outlined on the ground and then hop or jump through the spaces and retrieve the object.[3] It is a children's game that can be played with several players or alone.[4] Hopscotch is a physical and cognitive workout.[5][6][7]
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In the 1950s, the game was called hopscotch and the object thrown a lagger /'lagar/. "Lagger" is related to the verb "lag"
[further explanation needed] - ^ "Definition of HOPSCOTCH". Merriam-Webster. Retrieved 15 March 2022.
a child's game in which a player tosses an object (such as a stone) into areas of a figure outlined on the ground and hops through the figure and back to regain the object
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