chicken staken.

Brit.

/ˈtʃɪk(ᵻ)n steɪk/, U.S.

/ˈtʃɪkən ˌsteɪk/

Origin: Apparently formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: an element of uncertain identity, stake n.²

Etymology: < a first element of uncertain identity (perhaps chicken n., with allusion to the small amount of the wager) + stake n.² Compare slightly earlier chicken hazard n.See note at chicken hazard n. on why the first element is unlikely to show chequin n. (as sometimes suggested).

Gambling. Now historical and rare.

A small sum of money gambled on the outcome of a game or race. Usually in plural.

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society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > games of chance > [noun] > stake > type of stake

double or quit(sa1586

à cheval1609

chicken stake1785

pot1823

1785 D. Barrington in Archaeologia (1787) 8 133* There are also considerable heaps of gold and silver on the table, so that these dignified personages seem to have played for what would not at present be called a chicken stake.

1846 C. D. Burdett Walter Hamilton III. iv. 108 I never play, except now and then chicken stakes at billiards.

1869 New Sporting Mag. Mar. 155 Those wretched chicken stakes which are kept up at Newmarket purely for gambling pegs.

2004 P. C. Wrede & C. Stevermer Grand Tour 184 I could forbid you to play, even for chicken stakes.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	chicken stake
释义	chicken staken. Brit. /ˈtʃɪk(ᵻ)n steɪk/, U.S. /ˈtʃɪkən ˌsteɪk/ Origin: Apparently formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: an element of uncertain identity, stake n.² Etymology: < a first element of uncertain identity (perhaps chicken n., with allusion to the small amount of the wager) + stake n.² Compare slightly earlier chicken hazard n.See note at chicken hazard n. on why the first element is unlikely to show chequin n. (as sometimes suggested). Gambling. Now historical and rare. A small sum of money gambled on the outcome of a game or race. Usually in plural. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > games of chance > [noun] > stake > type of stake double or quit(sa1586 à cheval1609 chicken stake1785 pot1823 1785 D. Barrington in Archaeologia (1787) 8 133* There are also considerable heaps of gold and silver on the table, so that these dignified personages seem to have played for what would not at present be called a chicken stake. 1846 C. D. Burdett Walter Hamilton III. iv. 108 I never play, except now and then chicken stakes at billiards. 1869 New Sporting Mag. Mar. 155 Those wretched chicken stakes which are kept up at Newmarket purely for gambling pegs. 2004 P. C. Wrede & C. Stevermer Grand Tour 184 I could forbid you to play, even for chicken stakes. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1785
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