| 单词 | his heels |
| 释义 | > as lemmashis (also rarely her) heels 6. Cards. his (also rarely her) heels: used to refer to the jack. Frequently in two for his heels: (in Cribbage) two points awarded to the dealer for turning up a jack as the starter (cf. nob n.3 2).See discussion in etymology section. Quot. 1729 is in the context of a game of ombre, which is of a completely different type, and so unlikely to show a connection with the later use in cribbage. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > cribbage > [noun] > jack his heels1754 nob1821 society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > card or cards > [noun] > picture-card > jack > in specific games pur1592 Tom1647 maker1753 his heels1754 bragger1807 nob1821 right bower1839 1729 J. Swift Jrnl. Dublin Lady 6 What Agony of Soul she feels, To see a Knave's inverted Heels, She draws up Card, by Card, to find, Good fortune, peeping from behind.] 1754 ‘G. Smith’ Serious Refl. Card-playing 16 A Friend of the same Party whisper'd that he was safe enough, for he had got His Heels. This, it seems, is a Cant Name for the Knave, as being one, I suppose, that should be laid by the Heels. 1796 Grose's Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue (ed. 3) (at cited word) To turn up his heels, to turn up the knave of trumps at the game of all-fours. 1850 H. G. Bohn et al. Hand-bk. Games 275 (Cribbage) Should the turn-up card itself be a Knave, the dealer immediately scores two points..which by way of antithesis with ‘his nob’, are called ‘two for his heels’. 1882 Society 11 Nov. 9/1 In cribbage parlance, it was one for her nob and two for her heels. 1923 F. Swinnerton Young Felix i. iv. 100 The gurgle of laughter which Felix always gave at scoring either ‘one for his nob’ or ‘two for his heels’. 1981 G. Brandreth Everyman's Indoor Games 98 If the start is a jack the dealer pegs two points—‘2 for his heels’. < as lemmas |
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