| 单词 | crown and anchor |
| 释义 | > as lemmascrown and anchor crown and anchor n. [the crown and anchor device is an emblem of the Royal Navy, and hence adopted as an inn sign] a gambling game played on a board or cloth divided into six squares, one marked with a crown, one with an anchor, and the remainder with each of the four card suits, on which players place bets before the banker throws three dice with faces bearing corresponding figures.Quot. 1882 probably refers to a specific booth for dancing, but the context does not allow for certainty. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > games of chance > dice-playing > [noun] > other dice games rafflec1405 passagec1425 treygobet1426 mumchance1528 trey-trip1564 lots?1577 novum?1577 fox-mine-host1622 in and in1630 merry main1664 snake1688 pass-dice1753 chicken hazard1781 Shaking in the Shallow1795 sequin hazard1825 chuck-a-luck1836 Newmarket1837 chicken1849 poker dice1870 under and over1890 sweat1894 crown and anchor1902 Murrumbidgee1917 beetle1936 liar dice1946 Yahtzee1957 1882 G. A. Sala Amer. Revisited II. vi. 78 The Crown and Anchor booth at Greenwich Fair.] 1902 Windsor Mag. 16 692/1 Gentlemen who manipulate a weird instrument on the roulette principle, and others who invite you to patronise the simple game of Crown and Anchor. 1943 J. L. Hunt & A. G. Pringle Service Slang 46 Mudhook, Army name for the Crown and Anchor board used surreptitiously by members of the forces. 2008 Mariner's Mirror 94 86 Those [Royal Navy sailors] caught playing crown and anchor were heavily punished. < as lemmas |
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