| 单词 | game and game |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgame and game a. Originally Cards. game and game: (a) = game all at Phrases 17b(b); (in extended use) level pegging; (b) used to indicate that a contest is closely fought, with games being won by each player alternately. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > winning, losing, or scoring > [noun] > draw or tie tie1680 patt1735 love1742 tie game1742 game and game1745 draw1823 standoff1842 split1967 1745 Lady S. Cowper in M. Delany Autobiogr. & Corr. (1861) II. vii. 356 The soldiers have spirit enough to undertake anything, and say that they don't doubt of ‘winning the rubber’, that Dettingen and Fontenoy are ‘only game and game’. 1824 M. R. Mitford Our Village I. 230 We were often game and game in the last before victory declared itself. 1878 Times 17 July 7/5 The first set the players were game and game until the score was called three games all. 1890 Sat. Rev. 22 Mar. 336/2 A party..who would be not only Ultramontane, but ultrahuman, if they did not feel disposed to play out the rubber in which they and Prince Bismarck may be said to be, after a fashion, game and game. 1908 J. A. Altsheler Forest Runners xv. 258 ‘You're even, as it's game and game,’ said Paul, ‘so let's rest now.’ 1934 Port Arthur (Texas) News 5 Oct. 16/1 The world series came to St. Louis today, tied at game and game. < as lemmas |
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