Cat's cradle
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Cat's cradle is a game involving the creation of various string figures between the fingers, either individually or by passing a loop of string back and forth between two or more players. The true ori
The lovers, Okiku and Yosuke, play cat’s cradle, by Eishōsai Chōki (1804)
"Two Young Women Seated by a Kotatsu Playing Cat's Cradle", Suzuki Harunobu, Japan, ca. 1765
MJT cats cradle
"Cat's eye to fish in a dish" illustration from Jayne (1906)
Bassinet
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A bassinet, bassinette, or cradle is a bed specifically for babies from birth to about four months. Bassinets are generally designed to work with fixed legs or caster wheels, while cradles are general
Cat's cradle
…figures whose names I forget, it being so many years since I played at it myself. The name may have come from a corruption of cratch-cradle, or manger cradle (although this derivation is disputed by the OED). The connection between the two words, cratches and cradle, may come from the Christian story of the…
Modern reproduction of a medieval cot and rattle, c. 1465
Movable, but not portable, home bassinet
Rooming-in bassinet
A wooden cradle from India