# Level-coil

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{{Short description|Party game}}
'''Level-coil''' or '''pitch-buttock''' is an old party game played at [Christmas](/source/Christmas) in which players have to forfeit their seat to another, often in a boisterous manner.  The name is a corruption of its French name ''lève-cul'', meaning to lift the [buttocks](/source/buttocks).<ref>{{citation |page=425 |chapter=Level-coil |title=Observations on the popular antiquities of Great Britain |volume= 2 |author=John Brand |publisher=Bohn |year=1849}}</ref>

==See also==
*[Musical chairs](/source/Musical_chairs)
*[Buggins' turn](/source/Buggins'_turn)

==References==
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Category:Party games

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