Hotcockles

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Hotcockles \Hot"coc`kles\, n. [Hot + cockle, cockle being perh.
     corrupt. fr. knuckle. Cf. F. main chaude (lit., hot hand)
     hotcockles.]
     A childish play, in which one covers his eyes, and guesses
     who strikes him or his hand placed behind him.
     [1913 Webster]