"pass the parcel" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-pass the parcel.wav
Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} pass the parcel (uncountable)
  1. (games) A children's game in which a parcel having many layers of packaging is passed from person to person around a ring while music plays, the person holding the parcel when the music is temporarily stopped being allowed to remove a single layer, and the person removing the innermost layer winning the prize contained within; in a variation of the game, there is a prize under each layer that is awarded to the person removing that layer. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Games
    Sense id: en-pass_the_parcel-en-noun-2jmLCNh0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 91 9 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 90 10 Topics: games
  2. (by extension) a situation in which the ownership of something changes frequently. Tags: broadly, uncountable
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