A game played by ladies, resembling bagatelle: see quot. 1572. = hole, n. 10a.
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| 释义 | society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > bagatelle and similar games > [noun] (26) troll-madam1572 A game played by ladies, resembling bagatelle: see quot. 1572. = hole, n. 10a. nine holes1573 Any of various games of skill involving nine target holes, spots, etc.; spec. (a) a game in which players try to roll small balls into nine holes… pigeonholes1608 In plural. An outdoor game popular in the 17th and early 18th centuries, in which balls were bowled at targets (probably small arched compartments)… small trunksc1610 plural. Also small trunks: an old game: = troll-madam, n.; cf. trucks, n. Obsolete. hole1611 An old game in which balls were rolled through little cavities or arches; called also Pigeon-hole, Troll-madam, Trunks; (see also quot. 1816). Cf… trucks1671 An early form of billiards, in which an upright mark called the king was placed near one end of the table. Cf. troll-madam, n. and trunk, n. 16. roly-poly1707 Any of various games which feature the rolling of a ball or other object; spec. roulette. Now historical. Mississippi1728 A game similar to bagatelle, in which points are scored by driving a ball against cushions at the side of the table so as to go through one of a… bumble-puppy1794 A game, typically played in the garden of a public house, in which players attempt to throw or roll a number of metal balls into nine holes cut… bubble the justice1801 The game of nine holes (nine holes, n. 1a(b)). bagatelle1819 A game played on a table having a semi-circular end at which are nine holes. The balls used are struck from the opposite end of the board with a… cockamaroo1850 A variation of bagatelle, typically played by children, employing holes, pins, arches, and bells; = Russian bagatelle n. at Russian, n. adj.compound… pigs in clover1889 In the names of games. (See also pig in the middle, n., piggy in the middle, n.). a game in which a number of small balls must be rolled into a… pinball1911 Originally: a game resembling bagatelle, in which a marble is propelled up a sloping board on which various hazards and targets are marked out with… pinball game1911 = sense 2a. Skee-Ball1923 An indoor game in which balls set rolling down an alley are projected over a hump or otherwise into targets. Also attributive. Corinthian bagatelle1933 any of several variations of bagatelle (sense A. 2). pachinko1949 A form of pinball originating in Japan and played on an upright machine. Subcategories:— ball (3) — board or table (4) — equipment (1) |
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