| 单词 | hen of the game |
| 释义 | > as lemmashen of the game ΚΠ a1625 J. Fletcher Chances iv. iii, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) 16/2 What should our hen o'th game else Do here without her? 1665 R. Head Eng. Rogue I. xxx. 109 I ever hated that a Dunghill-Cock should tread a Hen of the Game. 1706 Observator 16 Oct. There is a notorious Hen of the Game in Kent, that goes by the Name of Cock-Wickam. 1896 L. C. Cornford Capt. Jacobus ix. 129 Here is a kingdom set upon the hazard, and you think of nought but springing a hen o' the game. < as lemmas |
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