Definitions from Wiktionary (pass the parcel)
▸ noun: (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.
▸ noun: (by extension) a situation in which the ownership of something changes frequently.
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▸ noun: (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.
▸ noun: (by extension) a situation in which the ownership of something changes frequently.
Similar:
hot potato,
pass-dice,
keep-away,
play-by-mail,
passing,
parlour game,
parlour-game,
parlor game,
post office,
pass the trash,
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