MUSICAL CHAIRS


Meaning of MUSICAL CHAIRS in English

Function: noun plural but singular in construction

Date: 1877

: a game in which players march to music around a row of chairs numbering one less than the players and scramble for seats when the music stops also : a situation or series of events suggesting the game of musical chairs (as in rapid change or confusing activity)

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