English Explanatory Dictionary

mother may I

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A children's game in which players have to gradually approach one of the players, the "mother", by asking "mother may I...", upon which the "mother" either replies positively, allowing the players to do the action, or to decline it.

Word forms

mother may I Mother May I? father may I captain may I
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