单词 | hustle-cap |
释义 | hustle-capn. ? Obsolete. A form of pitch-and-toss, in which the coins were ‘hustled’ or shaken together in a cap before being tossed. ΘΚΠ 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). < n.1709 |
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