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天狗俳諧
てんぐはいかい
1. [n]
▶ parlour game in which three people each write one line of a 5-7-5 poem (without seeing the other lines; often producing humorous results)
▶ [lit] tengu haiku
Cross references:
  ⇒ see: 1438850 天狗 1. tengu; red-faced and long-nosed goblin said to reside deep in the mountains



History:
5. A 2022-02-07 22:26:47  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
4. A* 2022-02-07 15:29:18  Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
Trying to shorten it.
  Diff:
@@ -13 +13 @@
-<gloss>parlour game where three people each write one line of a 5-7-5 poem (without seeing the other lines; often resulting in unexpected and/or funny poems)</gloss>
+<gloss>parlour game in which three people each write one line of a 5-7-5 poem (without seeing the other lines; often producing humorous results)</gloss>
3. A 2022-02-07 04:30:36  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
Haiku in Swedish?
2. A* 2022-02-07 03:32:20  Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consequences_(game)
  Diff:
@@ -13 +13 @@
-<gloss>game where three people each write one line of a 5-7-5 poem (without seeing the other lines; often resulting in unexpected and/or funny poems)</gloss>
+<gloss>parlour game where three people each write one line of a 5-7-5 poem (without seeing the other lines; often resulting in unexpected and/or funny poems)</gloss>
1. A* 2022-02-07 01:22:22  Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
daij nikk brit
came across in book from Taisho 13. 

天狗俳諧	55
天狗俳句	No matches
not sure we need to tag it as obsc
  Comments:
not sure what to call it, not exactly a "game". it's "play" but...

I think it might be ok to translate haikai as "haiku" for the lit?

I used to play a version of this as a kid in Sweden, can't remember what we called it.

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