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单词 hustle-cap
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hustle-capn.

/ˈhʌs(ə)lˌkap/
Forms: Also hussel-cap.
Etymology: < hustle v. (sense 1) + cap n.1 Compare Middle Low German hutseken, hütschen, Middle Dutch hutssecruyssen as names of similar games.
? Obsolete.
A form of pitch-and-toss, in which the coins were ‘hustled’ or shaken together in a cap before being tossed.
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society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > pitch and toss, etc. > [noun]
vanning1606
pitch-and-chuck1688
pitch-and-hustle1688
chuck-farthing1699
hustle-cap1709
chuck1711
pitch-and-toss1721
pitch-farthing1737
pitch1745
chock1819
pinch1828
pitch-penny1830
chuck-hole1837
chuck-halfpenny1838
toss-halfpenny1848
three-up1851
chuck-button1863
toss-penny1874
toss and catch1904
1709 Brit. Apollo 30 Mar.–1 Apr. If He delight at Hustle-Cap to play.
1751 T. Smollett Peregrine Pickle I. ii. 7 An excellent hand at a song.., hussle-cap and chuck-farthing.
1809 W. Irving Hist. N.Y. I. iii. iv. 156 Youngsters who..squandered what little money they could procure at hustle cap and chuck farthing.
1881 W. Besant & J. Rice Chaplain of Fleet I. xi. 232 We played all night at brag, all-fours, teetotum, hussle-cup.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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