trick-or-treating

Variant of trick-or-treater

trick-or-treater definition

☆ trick·-or-treater (trik′ər trēt′ər)

noun

a person, typically a child, who goes from door to door in costume on Halloween asking for candy or other treats

Etymology: see trick or treat!

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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