Etymology

level-coil

Today it means: A boisterous and rowdy game formerly played on Christmas, in which players must quickly switch seats at a signal. Full definition →

French lève-cul
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  1. French · borrowed fromlève-cul“lift the buttocks”
  2. English todaylevel-coil

A corruption of French lève-cul (“lift the buttocks”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.