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单词 eyes down
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eyes down
t. chiefly British. eyes down: used as an instruction (as by a bingo-caller) to look at one's card at the start of a game or session (more fully eyes down, look in); (also as n.) the start of a game or session of bingo.
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1935 Pop. Flying Aug. 260/2 The row began : ‘Eyes down’, ‘Look in’, etc., ‘Kelly's eye’, ‘Ninety-nine’, ‘Doctor's Favourite’, ‘Top of the Bungalow’, etc.
1958 I. Ryan Black Man's Palaver iv. 69 Waiting with pencils poised for the caller's jargon to begin: ‘Eyes-down-look-in! Sixty-six -clickety-click. Legs-eleven.’
1966 P. Moloney Plea for Mersey 50 And into the Bingo hall I flew. Eyes down—click click—the game is on.
1969 Oxf. Mail 17 Jan. 2 (advt.) Plaza Bingo Club... Eyes Down 7.45. Doors Open 6.0 p.m.
1988 R. Billington Living Philos. vi. 134 My neighbour enjoys bingo; I enjoy Brecht; she would hate to have to watch Mother Courage, while I would find an ‘eyes-down’ session painful.
2003 P. Kay et al. Peter Kay's Phoenix Nights: Scripts 1st Ser. Episode 2. 40/2 Eyes down, look in, for your first number.
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