| 单词 | hobler's hole |
| 释义 | > as lemmashobler's hole a. A child's top that wabbles or spins unsteadily. Hence (apparently) hobler's hole, hobler-hole, hoblies hole, ? a hole into which such a top was thrown, as a mark to be aimed at. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > toy or plaything > top > [noun] > unsteady top hobbler1594 hobbledehoy1825 society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > other specific games > [noun] > top-spinning game > hole hobler's hole1594 1594 J. Lyly Mother Bombie v. iii. sig. H Rather than Ile leade this life, I throw my fiddle into the leads for a hobler. 1609 R. Armin Hist. Two Maids More-clacke sig. C3 Boy: Now Iohn, i'le cry first. Ioh: And i'le cry lagge. I was in hoblies hole. a1637 B. Jonson Tale of Tub iii. vii. 43 in Wks. (1640) III I' had whip'd 'hem all, like tops In Lent, and hurl'd 'hem into Hoblers-hole; Or the next ditch. View more context for this quotation 1680 W. de Britaine Humane Prudence xxiv. 77 Like a Top which hath been for a long time scourged and run well, yet at last to be lodged up for a Hobler. 1847–78 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words Hobler-hole, the hinder-hole at a boy's game. < as lemmas |
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