A house for dice-play; a gambling-house.
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| 释义 | society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > games of chance > [noun] > places for gambling (34) dicing-house1549 A house for dice-play; a gambling-house. carding house1550 a building or establishment where card games are played. gaming house1562 A building or establishment where gambling games are played. Cf. gambling, n. compounds 2b. dicing-chamber1571 attributive and in other combinations (in sense 1), as dicing-board, dicing-box, dicing-chamber, dicing-money, dicing-table. tabling house1576 A public house for playing ‘tables’ (table, n. 18) or other games; a gambling house. game house?1577 = gaming house, n. macaroni1771 (The name of) a gambling room at Newmarket. Cf. macco, n. Obsolete. gambling house1772 gambling school1773 an establishment where gambling takes place; a gambling club; (also) = school, n.1 11b. gambling club1774 spill-house1778 A gaming house. gambling hall?1781 gambling den1792 gambling booth1804 hell1812 A gaming house; a gambling den. Now chiefly in gambling hell n. at gambling, n. compounds 2b. gambling hell1818 Crockford1827 (Usually Crockford's.) The name of an exclusive gambling club opened in St. James's Street, London, in 1827 by William Crockford (1775–1844). Also… silver hell1835 a low-class gambling saloon (cf. hell, n. 8) (obsolete). deadfall1837 ‘A low drinking or gaming-place. Western U.S.’ (Cent. Dict.). Also, see quots. casino1851 A building for gambling, often with other amenities. (Now the usual sense.) house1855 Any of various buildings frequented or occupied by people but not necessarily or primarily used as… An establishment where gambling takes place… tripot1864 A gaming-house, a gambling-den. skin house1871 slang (originally U.S.). A corrupt or illicit gambling establishment, a gambling den. Now chiefly historical. bucket-shop1875 An unauthorized office used originally for smaller gambling transactions in grain, and subsequently extended to offices for other descriptions of… gambling joint1885 salle1886 = salle de jeu n. at compounds (see sense compounds below). tabling den1886 a room, house, or club for playing ‘tables’ (table, n. 18) or other games. spoofery1895 †(a) plural, a low sporting club; also spec. the Adelphi (cf. 1889 at spoof, n. 1) (obsolete slang); (b) trickery, hoaxing. salle de jeu1901 a gambling house or room. strong joint1914 a crooked gambling game in which the bank or operator always wins; (also) a place where such games are played. kitchen1924 (The name of) a section of a casino in Monte Carlo where members of the public (typically tourists and amateur gamblers) play for small stakes, now… salle privée1930 a private gambling room in a casino. spieler1931 A gambling club. Subcategories:— proprietor of (1) |
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