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单词 hockly
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hocklyn.

/ˈhɒkli/
Etymology: Compare hock n.6
A term in the game of faro: see quot. 1850.
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society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > games of chance > games of chance played with cards > [noun] > faro > specific card
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1805 Sporting Mag. 26 203 The banker now claims the chance of hockly..The advantage of hockly is relinquished by some bankers.
1850 H. G. Bohn et al. Hand-bk. Games 337 Hockly, a Certainty, signifies the last card but one, the chance of which the banker claims, and may refuse to let any punter withdraw a card when eight or less remain to be dealt.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2018).

hocklyadj.

Obsolete. rare.
Cf. huckle-backed adj.
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1706 E. Ward Hudibras Redivivus II. v. 22 Next to this hockly greasy Beast, Stood a young Beau, most nicely drest.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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