单词 | hockly |
释义 | hocklyn. A term in the game of faro: see quot. 1850. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > games of chance > games of chance played with cards > [noun] > faro > specific card hockly1805 hockelty1843 soda1845 case1856 hock1859 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. ΚΠ 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). < n.1805adj.1706 |
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