单词 | a game on the cards |
释义 | > as lemmasa game on the cards a. In plural. A game or games played with playing cards; the playing of card games. Frequently in to play cards (formerly also †to play at (the) cards, †to play on the cards); a game of cards (also a game at cards (now regional), †a game on the cards). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > [noun] > card-playing cardsa1450 carding?a1500 card play1528 card playing1528 a1450 in F. W. Willmore Hist. Walsall (1887) 166 If eny manr, manis son..be founden..plaiyng at eny unlawefull games..as dyce, tables, cardes, cloch, tenes, foteball..they that so be founden..to be taken and put in pryson. 1502 in N. H. Nicolas Privy Purse Expenses Elizabeth of York (1830) 84 Item to the Quenes grace..for hure disporte at cardes this Cristmas. 1589 ‘M. Marprelate’ Hay any Worke for Cooper sig. Aiijv Our brother Westchester had as liue playe twentie nobles in a night, at Priemeero on the cards. 1662 S. Pepys Diary 13 Jan. (1970) III. 9 My aunt Wight and my wife and I to cards. 1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Knave-Noddy, a Game on the Cards. 1715 D. Defoe Family Instructor I. i. iii. 74 Spend no more Time in playing at Cards. 1787 T. Jefferson Corr. (1830) 95 After supper, cards; and after cards, bed. 1826 J. Wilson Noctes Ambrosianae xxv, in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Apr. 497 While an occasional evening away..at an innocent and cheerful game at cards. 1930 Press (Christchurch, N.Z.) 28 Jan. 3/2 (advt.) When friends come round to tea or ‘drop in’ for a game of cards after dinner, give them sandwiches made with ‘Sailor’ Savouries. 2013 R. Rowell Eleanor & Park xxxiv. 203 They were sitting in the kitchen, playing cards. < as lemmas |
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