"sardines" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "The game name refers to sardines tightly packed in a can.",
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          "text": "As the 1857 to Manchester Piccadilly rolls in, I scan the windows and realise there are plenty of spare seats, so I hop aboard. The train is a '221'+'220' combo to allow for social distancing - a luxury on an XC train as normally you're playing sardines, so I make the most of it.",
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        "A children's game in which the players hide together, lying side by side."
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        "(uncountable) A children's game in which the players hide together, lying side by side."
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