In various elliptical uses. Gambling. The black colour in roulette or rouge et noir. Cf. red, n. 1c.
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释义 | society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > games of chance > roulette > [noun] > numbers or colours (6) black1793 In various elliptical uses. Gambling. The black colour in roulette or rouge et noir. Cf. red, n. 1c. red1793 Gambling. The red colour in rouge et noir or roulette. rouge1835 Gambling. Cf. red, n. 1c. The red numbers in the game of roulette; a red number, esp. as a winning outcome, in this game. Cf. noir, n. 2b. impair1850 n. An unpaired individual thing; an odd one. In roulette (with pronunciation/ɛ̃pɛr/), an odd number, or a number marked ‘impair’. noir1850 The black numbers in the game of roulette. pair1867 An even number; even numbers collectively, as represented on a roulette table by a section of the cloth marked with the word ‘pair’. Also: a bet… |
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