| 单词 | cowboys and indians |
| 释义 | > as lemmasCowboys and Indians Cowboys and Indians and variants: (the name of) a children's game in which the participants pretend to be cowboys and North American Indians and act out imagined battles between them.In quot. 1887 referring to children pretending to be cowboys and North American Indians while ambushing passers-by as a game. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > children's game > other children's games > [noun] > game of make-believe > specific Indian1834 mothers and fathers1903 Cowboys and Indians1916 cops and robbers1938 1887 N.Y. Herald 21 Feb. 9/1 A Chinaman..was passing through City Hall Park..yesterday afternoon when a mixed lot of ‘cowboys and Injuns’ swooped down upon him.] 1916 N. Douglas London Street Games 120 They get some games out of the cinematograph, by the way, such as Cowboys—Indians. 1949 Chicago Tribune 17 July (Comics) 4 We'll play cowboys and Indians. 1969 I. Opie & P. Opie Children's Games 4 Each child's attitude is..changing from the ritualistic to the romantic (i.e. the free-ranging games, ‘Hide and Seek’, ‘Cowboys and Indians’), and from the romantic to the severely competitive. 2014 MailOnline (Nexis) 6 Nov. They'll be stopping children playing Cowboys and Indians next. < as lemmas |
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