A type of indoor game involving the use of one's gloves; = draw gloves, n. Cf. drawing gloves, n.
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| 释义 | society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > parlour and party games > [noun] > other party or parlour games (25) drawing of glovesc1540 A type of indoor game involving the use of one's gloves; = draw gloves, n. Cf. drawing gloves, n. drawing gloves1599 A type of parlour game involving the use of one's gloves; = draw gloves, n. substantives and adjectives1601 substantives and adjectives: a game of wit in which each player is asked to justify the collocation of an adjective and a noun chosen at random. Obs… draw gloves1648 A type of parlour game involving the use of one's gloves, esp. in to play at draw gloves. Also occasionally with second element in singular. Cf. dr… grinning-match1711 a competition in grinning or grimacing (see also horse-collar, n.). Move All1782 A children's game, apparently similar to ‘Puss in the Corner’ (see puss, n.1 5). consequences1811 a round game, in which a narrative of the meeting of a lady and a gentleman, their conversation, and the ensuing ‘consequences’, is concocted by the… stagecoach1831 U.S. ? The name of a game in which the players scramble for new places. letters1845 In plural. A parlour game in which players form words out of letters written on separate pieces of card, ivory, or other material. Now rare. Russian scandal1861 (a) a game in which a whispered message, after being passed from player to player, is contrasted in its original and final versions (cf. Chinese whi… buzz1864 A round game in which each player in turn utters a number in numerical order, with the exception that ‘buz(z)’ must be substituted for 7 and… snap1865 A U.S. party game in which one of the players chases another round a ring formed by the rest. slappy1868 Some indoor game. apple-ducking1886 = apple-bobbing n. up Jenkins1889 The name of a parlour game resembling tip-it. piladex1895 A game which consists of keeping an inflated balloon in the air by blowing or hitting it to and fro over a line on a table; (also) the balloon… telephone1910 North American. A game in which a message is whispered from player to player before its original wording is compared with its (typically… hot potato1915 Originally U.S. A game in which players quickly pass a ball or other small object to one another until signalled to stop (by music being stopped… sardines1924 plural (construed as singular). A party game of hide-and-seek, in which each seeker joins the hider upon discovery until one seeker remains. Also sar… murder in the dark1930 A role-playing game involving a mock murder hunt, in which one player acting as a detective has to identify the person who has murdered another… pass the parcel1953 a children's game in which a gift wrapped in several layers of paper is passed around a circle of players to the accompaniment of music, the… seven minutes in (also of) heaven1953 Originally and chiefly U.S. seven minutes in (also of) heaven: a party game played chiefly by adolescents in which two selected participants are… Chinese whispers1964 = Russian scandal n. at Russian, n. adj.compounds 2b. Subcategories:— participant (1) — specific action (1) |
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