puss in the corner noun2 •A children's game in which someone in the centre tries to capture other players' bases as they change places.It sounded, as this young lady thought it over, very much like puss-in-the-corner, and she could only wonder if the distribution of parties would lead to a rushing to and fro and a changing of places. — 1897 •A solitaire card game with four waste piles located at the corners of a square of the four aces.
