| 释义 |
† club-ˈhalfpenny Obs. rare—1.
Known only in the following passage: perhaps a fig. use of the name of some game, or trial of strength or skill.
c1550Latimer To a certayne Gentleman in Foxe A. & M. (1583) 1754 Perchaunce you will conuent mee before some Iudge, and call mee into some court. Deus bene vertat. Fiat iustitia in iudicio. And then and there, doe best haue best, for club halfe peny.
[The only senses of club n. known to go back to 1550 are 1, 2, and 8, with all of which the notion of play is compatible. The senses of combination, association, contribution, etc. are all later, as is the verb itself, so that no notion of clubbing halfpennies appears tenable.] |