| 释义 |
macco ? Obs.|ˈmækəʊ|
[? A variant spelling of macao.]
A gambling game; = macao.
1809Byron in Moore Life (1875) 143 When macco (or whatever they spell it) was introduced. 1825Sporting Mag. XVI. 277 A rubber of whist, or a game of Macco. 1859Thackeray Virgin. xli, He dines at White's ordinary, and sits down to macco and lansquenet afterwards.
attrib.1825T. Hook Man of Many Fr., Say. & Doings Ser. ii. II. 18 His uncle was still at the Macco table. 1859Thackeray Virgin. xliv, I..left it at the Macco-table. |