noun
General Slang
ackee 1-2-3
· noun · brummie
Birmingham's brutal hide-and-seek variant — find the safe zone before 'it' shouts your name.
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A hide-and-seek/tag hybrid where 'it' counts, the rest scatter, and the chase is to beat them back to the safe zone. If they spot you and yell 'Ackee 1-2-3 [your name]' before you tag base, you're out. First one out is 'it' next round.
“We played ackee 1-2-3 round the back of the flats till the streetlights came on.”
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ackee 1-2-3 In A Sentence
We played ackee 1-2-3 round the back of the flats till the streetlights came on.
Origin & Usage
West Midlands playground staple, immortalised by Birmingham ska band The Beat in the early 80s. Distinctly Brummie — try to play it in London and nobody knows the rules.
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