单词 | e o |
释义 | E On. A game of chance, in which the appropriation of the stakes is determined by the falling of a ball into one of several niches marked E or O respectively. Also attributive. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > games of chance > other games of chance > [noun] even or odd1538 love1585 Jack-in-the-box?1593 under-hat1629 pluck-penny1643 morra1659 catch-dolt1674 shuffle-cap1712 fair chance1723 E O1751 teetotum1753 rondo1821 cut-throat1823 hop-my-fool1824 odds and evens1841 spin-'em-round1851 halfpenny under the hat1853 racehorses1853 fan-tan1878 tan1883 pakapoo1886 legality1888 petits chevaux1891 pai gow1906 boule1911 put and take1921 1751 F. Coventry Hist. Pompey the Little i. xiv. 122 For the sake of playing at E O. 1801 M. Edgeworth Belinda III. xxv. 53 He likes the lady's EO table better than the lady. 1826 W. Hone Every-day Bk. (1827) II. 112 The profits gained by E O Tables, Rouge et Noir,..&c. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2020). < n.1751 |
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