Crockfordn.

Brit.

/ˈkrɒkfəd/, U.S.

/ˈkrɑkfərd/

Etymology: < the name Crockford (see defs.).

1. (Usually Crockford's.) The name of an exclusive gambling club opened in St. James's Street, London, in 1827 by William Crockford (1775–1844). Also transferred.

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society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > games of chance > [noun] > places for gambling

dicing-house1549

carding house1550

gaming house1562

dicing-chamber1571

tabling house1576

game house?1577

macaroni1771

gambling house1772

gambling school1773

gambling club1774

spill-house1778

gambling hall?1781

gambling den1792

gambling booth1804

hell1812

gambling hell1818

Crockford1827

silver hell1835

deadfall1837

casino1851

house1855

tripot1864

skin house1871

bucket-shop1875

gambling joint1885

salle1886

tabling den1886

spoofery1895

salle de jeu1901

strong joint1914

kitchen1924

salle privée1930

spieler1931

1827 W. Maginn Whitehall ii. iii. 117 The Opera was crowded... Tattersall's was crammed—Crockford's crowded.

1838 H. C. Robinson Diary 27 Apr. (1967) 188 D'Orsay looked haggard as if he had been unlucky at Crockford's.

1867 ‘Ouida’ Under Two Flags I. vii. 136 They had brought..dice for hazard..and were turning the unconscious Star and Garter into an impromptu Crockford's.

1966 J. Cleary High Commissioner vi. 131 It's the gambling club. A sort of millionaire's Crockford's.

2. A colloquial designation of ‘Crockford's Clerical Directory’, a reference book for the clergy and the Church of England, first issued in 1860 by John Crockford (1823–65). (Occasionally Crockford's.) Also figurative.

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society > faith > artefacts > book (general) > other books > [noun] > reference book for clergy

Crockford1891

1891 S. J. Weyman New Rector I. i. 9 In more distant vicarages..there were..anxious searchings of the ‘Guardian’ and Crockford.

1909 H. G. Wells Tono-Bungay (U.K. ed.) i. i. 16 There was an old peerage and a Crockford together with the books of recipes.

1947 M. Gilbert Close Quarters iii. 50 ‘I have questioned Canon Beech-Thompson,’ replied Pollock shortly. ‘And got an imperial raspberry?’ said Halliday... ‘I suppose he went all Crockford at once.’

1970 K. Giles Death in Church i. 22 ‘I'll look it up in Crockford's.’..Harry wondered whether the compiler of the clerical Who's Who had..been related to the gambler.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	crockford
释义	Crockfordn. Brit. /ˈkrɒkfəd/, U.S. /ˈkrɑkfərd/ Etymology: < the name Crockford (see defs.). 1. (Usually Crockford's.) The name of an exclusive gambling club opened in St. James's Street, London, in 1827 by William Crockford (1775–1844). Also transferred. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > games of chance > [noun] > places for gambling dicing-house1549 carding house1550 gaming house1562 dicing-chamber1571 tabling house1576 game house?1577 macaroni1771 gambling house1772 gambling school1773 gambling club1774 spill-house1778 gambling hall?1781 gambling den1792 gambling booth1804 hell1812 gambling hell1818 Crockford1827 silver hell1835 deadfall1837 casino1851 house1855 tripot1864 skin house1871 bucket-shop1875 gambling joint1885 salle1886 tabling den1886 spoofery1895 salle de jeu1901 strong joint1914 kitchen1924 salle privée1930 spieler1931 1827 W. Maginn Whitehall ii. iii. 117 The Opera was crowded... Tattersall's was crammed—Crockford's crowded. 1838 H. C. Robinson Diary 27 Apr. (1967) 188 D'Orsay looked haggard as if he had been unlucky at Crockford's. 1867 ‘Ouida’ Under Two Flags I. vii. 136 They had brought..dice for hazard..and were turning the unconscious Star and Garter into an impromptu Crockford's. 1966 J. Cleary High Commissioner vi. 131 It's the gambling club. A sort of millionaire's Crockford's. 2. A colloquial designation of ‘Crockford's Clerical Directory’, a reference book for the clergy and the Church of England, first issued in 1860 by John Crockford (1823–65). (Occasionally Crockford's.) Also figurative. ΘΚΠ society > faith > artefacts > book (general) > other books > [noun] > reference book for clergy Crockford1891 1891 S. J. Weyman New Rector I. i. 9 In more distant vicarages..there were..anxious searchings of the ‘Guardian’ and Crockford. 1909 H. G. Wells Tono-Bungay (U.K. ed.) i. i. 16 There was an old peerage and a Crockford together with the books of recipes. 1947 M. Gilbert Close Quarters iii. 50 ‘I have questioned Canon Beech-Thompson,’ replied Pollock shortly. ‘And got an imperial raspberry?’ said Halliday... ‘I suppose he went all Crockford at once.’ 1970 K. Giles Death in Church i. 22 ‘I'll look it up in Crockford's.’..Harry wondered whether the compiler of the clerical Who's Who had..been related to the gambler. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1827
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