happy families

  • 1happy families — singular noun A children s card game played with a set of 36 cards, each depicting one of a four member family, the object being to collect all four cards for as many families as possible • • • Main Entry: ↑happy * * * ˌhappy ˈfamilies 7 [happy… …

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  • 2Happy Families — This article is about the card game. For the British television comedy programme of the same name, see Happy Families (TV series). For the play by John Godber, see Happy Families (play). Happy Families is a traditional card game played in the UK …

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  • 3Happy Families (play) — Happy Families is a play written by John Godber in 1991.It is an autobiographical play set in Northern England and tells the story of a boy called John and his parents Vic and Dot. It tells of the stresses and strains of growing up with his… …

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  • 4Happy Families (CBBC TV series) — Happy families is a series of tales by Janet and Allan Ahlberg which a television series in the late 80s was made.External links*imdb title|0802549 …

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  • 5Happy Families (album) — Infobox Album | Name = Happy Families Type = Album Artist = Blancmange Released = 1982 Recorded = February – August 1982 Genre = Synthpop Length = 40:29 Label = London Records Producer = Mike Howlett Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|4|5… …

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  • 6Happy Families (TV series) — This article is about the 1985 comedy series written by Ben Elton. Happy Families is also a series of children s storybooks by Allan Ahlberg, which were also converted into a television programme. Happy Families was a rural comedy drama written… …

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  • 7Happy Families — (in Britain) a children’s card game played with a special pack of cards with pictures of members of various families on them. There are four members in each family: a man, his wife, their son and their daughter. The aim of the game is to collect… …

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  • 8happy families — noun A childrens card game played with a pack of 44 picture cards that depict a father, mother son and daughter of 11 families mostly having occupational surnames (e.g. Mr Bun the Baker); players have to collect entire families …

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  • 9happy families — /ˌhæpi ˈfæmliz/ (say .hapee famleez) plural noun (construed as singular) a card game in which the object is to gain the greatest number of matching pairs of cards …

  • 10play happy families — ˌplay happy ˈfamilies idiom to do things that normal happy families do, especially when you want it to appear that your family is happy • I m not going to play happy families just for the benefit of your parents. Main entry: ↑happy familiesidiom …

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