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Newmarket|njuːˈmɑːkɪt, ˈnjuːˌmɑːkɪt|
The name of a town (situated east of Cambridge) famous for its horse-races, used attrib. or ellipt. in several applications.
1. attrib., as Newmarket boot, Newmarket condition, Newmarket cut, Newmarket tail; also Newmarket coat, a close-fitting coat for men, originally worn for riding, or an outdoor coat of a similar style for women; Newmarket greyhound, a greyhound of a special breed (see quot. 1856).
1685Lond. Gaz. No. 2041/4 One light Gray Gelding with a long Newmarket Tail. 1698Ibid. No. 3360/4 A long bushy Tail cut after the New-Market Cut. 1709Brit. Apollo No. 19. 3/2 To reduce his Corpus..Unto a New-Market Condition. 1714Lond. Gaz. No. 5252/4 Both Heels white behind, and a New-Market Tayle. 1837B. Webster My Young Wife & my Old Umbrella in Acting National Drama I. 7 Green Newmarket cut coat. 1854Dickens Hard T. i. vi, He was dressed in a Newmarket coat and tight-fitting trousers. 1856‘Stonehenge’ Brit. Rural Sports 163/1 The Newmarket greyhound..is a racing-like, speedy animal, yet possessed of as much stoutness as possible. 1933J. Buchan Prince of Captivity ii. iv. 248 She had been gardening..and wore Newmarket boots. 1958Times 6 Oct. 13/1 The foot which would be warm and practical with sheepskin or Newmarket boots.
2. ellipt. A Newmarket coat.
1843I. F. Romer Rhone, Darro, etc., I. 288 His travelling cap was exchanged for a fashionable white hat; his frock-coat for a Newmarket. 1883M. E. Braddon Phantom Fortune xxxvi, A brown velvet Newmarket, which completely covered her short satin gown.
3. a. A card-game in which the main object is to play the same cards as certain duplicates which are exhibited.
1840Dickens Old C. Shop xxxvi, Going the odd man or plain Newmarket for fruit, ginger-beer [etc.]. 1887All Year Round 5 Feb. 66 Pope Joan has survived to the present day in the modified form of ‘Newmarket’.
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1894Maskelyne Sharps & Flats 250 Yankee-grab or Newmarket..is played with three dice, and the object in view is to get nearest to an aggregate of eighteen pips. |