| 单词 | grinning-match |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgrinning-match grinning-match n. a competition in grinning or grimacing (see also horse-collar n.). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > parlour and party games > [noun] > other party or parlour games drawing of glovesc1540 drawing gloves1599 substantives and adjectives1601 draw gloves1648 grinning-match1711 Move All1782 consequences1811 stagecoach1831 letters1845 Russian scandal1861 buzz1864 snap1865 slappy1868 apple-ducking1886 up Jenkins1889 piladex1895 telephone1910 hot potato1915 sardines1924 murder in the dark1930 pass the parcel1953 seven minutes in (also of) heaven1953 Chinese whispers1964 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 173. ¶5 An Account..of one of these Grinning Matches. 1801 J. Strutt Glig-gamena Angel-ðeod iv. iii. §31 The Grinning Match is performed by two or more persons..each of them having his head thrust through a horse's collar. 1812 Sporting Mag. 40 18 Mr. Shanks..contrived to assemble his customers with a grinning-match. 1826 in W. Hone Every-day Bk. (1827) II. 675 Whistling matches. Grinning ditto, through a horse-collar. < as lemmas |
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