| 单词 | come in spinner |
| 释义 | > as lemmascome in spinner c. The person who tosses the coins in the game of two-up; come in spinner: the cry commonly used to start the game. Chiefly Australian. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > games of chance > two up, etc. > [noun] > player gaffer1828 spinner1911 ringie1917 society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > games of chance > two up, etc. > [interjection] > call to start game come in spinner1945 1911 L. Stone Jonah ii. vi. 215 The spinner placed the two pennies face down on the kip, and then, with a turn of the wrist, the coins flew twenty feet into the air. 1945 T. Ronan Strangers on Ophir 119 Cries of ‘Another quid to see him go. Get set on the side. All set, come in Spinner.’ 1948 V. Palmer Golconda iv. 25 Step in, spinner... I'm backing heads... They're up. Fair go. 1957 ‘N. Culotta’ They're Weird Mob (1958) viii. 117 He began to play... ‘Come in, spinner’..I sang softly. 1964 A. Wykes Gambling iii. 62 In this game [sc. two-up], two pennies are placed on a flat stick (called the ‘kip’) and are thrown into the air by the ‘spinner’. 1975 L. Ryan Shearers 97 ‘All set?’ Lofty asked. ‘Set!’ Sandy said. ‘Come in, spinner!’ < as lemmas |
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