musical chairs
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musical chairs

noun plural but singular in construction

Definition of MUSICAL CHAIRS

: 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)

First Known Use of MUSICAL CHAIRS

1877

Rhymes with MUSICAL CHAIRS

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