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单词 going, going, gone!
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going, going, gone!
c. going, going, gone! (and variants): used by auctioneers as an announcement to indicate that bidding on an item is about to close (going) or has closed (gone). Also in more general use.
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1752 D. Garrick in S. Foote Taste Prol. Farewell to Arts—they're going, going, going; The fatal Hammer's in your Hand, oh Town!
1767 G. Caswall Trifler 10 Observe the Nose, Sir—mark, my Lord, each Eye—For Fifty—going—gone—I give you joy.
1769 Oxf. Mag. 3 Suppl. 263/2 A going for a groat—once—twice—A going; cheaper than neck-beef. Going—Gone.
1780 R. B. Sheridan School for Scandal iv. i. 44 I'll knock 'em down at forty pounds—Going—going—gone.
1814 T. Moore Sale of Tools ii Once, twice, going, going, thrice, gone!—it is yours, sir.
1862 Temple Bar 6 414 Going at four pounds fifteen, if there is no advance.
1905 Cent. Mag. Sept. 680/2 You couldn't hang on any longer, your knees slipped—going, going—gone!
1986 L. Hanks Savage Surrender xi. 227 ‘Going once... going twice...’ ‘Twenty dollars,’ a new voice thundered.
2002 Oldie June 36/2 Fraser's doesn't encourage the rattling pitter-patter of ‘that's 150, 155 manatthebackwiththebrownhat, 170 totheladyinred, going, going, gone.’
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