| 释义 |
wappie West Indies.|ˈwɒpɪ|
Also wap(p)ee, wappy.
[perh. f. wap n.1 + -ie.]
A gambling game played with cards.
1943in Cassidy & Le Page Dict. Jamaican Eng. (1967) 462/2 Wappie, a game of cards. 1952S. Selvon Brighter Sun ii. 26 The older boys and men play wapee, a gambling game with cards. Ibid. vii. 123 Ah play cards—Ah was a rummy test in me days, and don't talk 'bout wappee! Yuh cud play cards? 1952Evening News (Port of Spain) 22 Jan. 12/3 Tom..happens to back the right cards at wappie. 1959V. S. Naipaul Miguel St. i. 12 They played wappee and drank rum. 1968K. S. La Fortune Legend of T-Marie xii. 51 Cab-men sat on benches or on boxes talking politics or playing wappie. |