单词 | faro bank |
释义 | > as lemmasfaro bank faro bank n. (a) a gaming-house where faro is played; (b) the banker's deposit of money against which the other players put their stakes. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > games of chance > games of chance played with cards > [noun] > faro > place where faro played faro bank1729 society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > games of chance > games of chance played with cards > [noun] > faro > banker's money faro bank1729 1729 J. Gay Polly ii. ii. 28 For some time I kept a Pharaon-Bank with success. 1756 M. Calderwood Lett. & Jrnls. (1884) 187 Mr. Hay's profit is from the..farro bank. 1796 P. Colquhoun Treat. Police of Metropolis p. x [Houses] where Pharo Banks are kept. 1877 J. Morley Crit. Misc. 2nd Ser. 52 Kill time..at lansquenet and the faro bank. < as lemmas |
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