case keepern.

Brit.

/ˈkeɪs ˌkiːpə/, U.S.

/ˈkeɪs ˌkipər/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: case n.², keeper n.

Etymology: < case n.² + keeper n.

1. slang. A brothel keeper. See case n.² 5a. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > prostitution > [noun] > brothel-keeper

bawd1362

bordellera1393

mother1596

brothel1604

brothel master1608

factoress1611

cock bawd1632

brothel keeper1710

padrona1744

case keeper1757

madame1871

madam1879

whore-mistress?1885

whorehouse madam1916

1757 London Chron. 11 June 564/1 The Consequence is, that those Girls, who are thus taken out, return in a direct Line to their old Courses, and become the Slaves of the Case-keepers.

1757 J. Ilive Reasons offered Reformation House Correction Clerkenwell iii. 26 The Casekeeper always reckons up the Money advanced, and if the Girl owes her any old Arrears, she puts that to it.

1865 Leaves from Diary Celebrated Burglar 17/1 In company with a ‘case’ keeper, named Betty Bignell.

1914 C. Mackenzie Sinister St. II. iv. ii. 879 You call me a case-keeper? What men have I ever let you bring back here?

2. U.S. Cards (in the game of faro). Now chiefly historical.

a. A person who keeps a record of the cards taken from the dealing box. Cf. case n.² 12.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > games of chance > games of chance played with cards > [noun] > faro > banker, dealer, etc.

faro banker1798

case keeper1835

faro dealer1856

1835 Arkansas Gaz. (Little Rock) 14 July Mr. Cowan seemed evidently to manifest displeasure at the manner of Mr. Coffee [during a game of faro], and, addressing him, observed, that there were ‘some not better case-keepers than himself’.

1867 Territorial Enterprise (Virginia City, Nevada) 18 Aug. 3/1 A ‘case keeper’..at a game kept on C Street.

1913 C. E. Mulford Coming of Cassidy vii. 115 Why weren't there cue-cards, so the players could keep their own tally of the cards instead of having to depend on the cue-box kept by the case-keeper?

1979 E. West Saloon on Rocky Mountain Mining Frontier ii. 48 A ‘case keeper’, or ‘hearse driver’, who sat across the table with an abacuslike device that showed which cards had been played.

2006 D. G. Schwartz Roll Bones xiv. 340 In addition to the help a dealer needed from ropers, shills, case keepers, and lookouts, more partners meant a deeper bankroll.

b. A device resembling an abacus, used for recording the cards taken from the dealing box.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > games of chance > games of chance played with cards > [noun] > faro > instrument to record cards

case keeper1879

1879 Daily Free Press (Eau Claire, Wisconsin) 15 Aug. Her plan was to start a faro bank. Accordingly she procured a lay-out, box, case-keeper and the necessary checks.

1890 J. P. Quinn Fools of Fortune 201 A record of the game is kept by means of an instrument known as a ‘case-keeper’.

1938 H. Asbury Sucker's Progress 14 Case-keeper, a device for keeping a record of the cards as they were drawn.

1991 L. Sante Low Life ii. iv. 157 While the dealer was drawing, his assistant would be manipulating a device called a case-keeper, a miniature of the layout in a box, which would establish what had already been drawn.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2014; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	case keeper
释义	case keepern. Brit. /ˈkeɪs ˌkiːpə/, U.S. /ˈkeɪs ˌkipər/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: case n.², keeper n. Etymology: < case n.² + keeper n. 1. slang. A brothel keeper. See case n.² 5a. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > prostitution > [noun] > brothel-keeper bawd1362 bordellera1393 mother1596 brothel1604 brothel master1608 factoress1611 cock bawd1632 brothel keeper1710 padrona1744 case keeper1757 madame1871 madam1879 whore-mistress?1885 whorehouse madam1916 1757 London Chron. 11 June 564/1 The Consequence is, that those Girls, who are thus taken out, return in a direct Line to their old Courses, and become the Slaves of the Case-keepers. 1757 J. Ilive Reasons offered Reformation House Correction Clerkenwell iii. 26 The Casekeeper always reckons up the Money advanced, and if the Girl owes her any old Arrears, she puts that to it. 1865 Leaves from Diary Celebrated Burglar 17/1 In company with a ‘case’ keeper, named Betty Bignell. 1914 C. Mackenzie Sinister St. II. iv. ii. 879 You call me a case-keeper? What men have I ever let you bring back here? 2. U.S. Cards (in the game of faro). Now chiefly historical. a. A person who keeps a record of the cards taken from the dealing box. Cf. case n.² 12. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > games of chance > games of chance played with cards > [noun] > faro > banker, dealer, etc. faro banker1798 case keeper1835 faro dealer1856 1835 Arkansas Gaz. (Little Rock) 14 July Mr. Cowan seemed evidently to manifest displeasure at the manner of Mr. Coffee [during a game of faro], and, addressing him, observed, that there were ‘some not better case-keepers than himself’. 1867 Territorial Enterprise (Virginia City, Nevada) 18 Aug. 3/1 A ‘case keeper’..at a game kept on C Street. 1913 C. E. Mulford Coming of Cassidy vii. 115 Why weren't there cue-cards, so the players could keep their own tally of the cards instead of having to depend on the cue-box kept by the case-keeper? 1979 E. West Saloon on Rocky Mountain Mining Frontier ii. 48 A ‘case keeper’, or ‘hearse driver’, who sat across the table with an abacuslike device that showed which cards had been played. 2006 D. G. Schwartz Roll Bones xiv. 340 In addition to the help a dealer needed from ropers, shills, case keepers, and lookouts, more partners meant a deeper bankroll. b. A device resembling an abacus, used for recording the cards taken from the dealing box. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > games of chance > games of chance played with cards > [noun] > faro > instrument to record cards case keeper1879 1879 Daily Free Press (Eau Claire, Wisconsin) 15 Aug. Her plan was to start a faro bank. Accordingly she procured a lay-out, box, case-keeper and the necessary checks. 1890 J. P. Quinn Fools of Fortune 201 A record of the game is kept by means of an instrument known as a ‘case-keeper’. 1938 H. Asbury Sucker's Progress 14 Case-keeper, a device for keeping a record of the cards as they were drawn. 1991 L. Sante Low Life ii. iv. 157 While the dealer was drawing, his assistant would be manipulating a device called a case-keeper, a miniature of the layout in a box, which would establish what had already been drawn. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2014; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1757
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