| 单词 | angel-beast |
| 释义 | > as lemmasangel-beast angel-beast n. now historical and rare a 17th-cent. card game, the objective of which is to win tricks from the other players; = beast n. 14a.The game is more fully described in the Fortnightly Review (1865) 2 200-1, where it is stated: ‘Angel-beast was probably adopted to designate the stake played for, as people used to say “shilling-whist”’; cf. sense 10.Quot. 1951 is from a historical novel set in the reign of King Charles II. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > other card games > [noun] > beast beast1653 angel-beast1668 1668 C. Sedley Mulberry-garden iv. i Offering to play at Angel-beast with them, tho' he scarce know the cards. 1865 Fortn. Rev. 2 201 There was no skill in Angel-Beast. It was what is called a round game, and the issue depended mainly on luck. 1951 J. Lane Dark Conspiracy ii. 35 When the cloth was removed, they played angel-beast. < as lemmas |
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