| 单词 | joker in the pack |
| 释义 | > as lemmasjoker in the pack b. An odd card in a pack, either left blank or ornamented with some design, used in some games, counting always as a trump and sometimes as the highest trump. Also in figurative phrase joker in the pack: a person whose behaviour is unexpected or unpredictable. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > card or cards > [noun] > joker joker1885 the world > relative properties > order > disorder > irregularity > unconformity > abnormality > [noun] > oddness > odd person singularist1593 singularitan1615 queer fellow1712 oddity1731 unaccountable1748 character1773 rum1788 eccentric1832 card1835 card1853 hard case1892 queer shot1900 rummy1909 hard thing1918 hardshot1924 quaint1939 odd bod1942 oddball1943 joker in the pack1963 quirky1975 1885 J. B. Greenough Queen of Hearts iii The White Knight, called the Joker, otherwise the Best Bower. 1894 St. James's Gaz. 19 July (Farmer) The game of poker is played with a pack of fifty-three cards, the fifty-third card being called the joker... American manufacturers of playing~cards are wont to include a blank card at the top of the pack; and it is, alas! true that some thrifty person suggested that the card should not be wasted. This was the origin of the joker. 1894 J. N. Maskelyne ‘Sharps & Flats’ 223 In euchre you can hold the joker every time. 1963 Times 25 Feb. (Canada Suppl.) p. ii/2 Mr. Caouette is a joker in the pack; his group's tally of 26 federal seats reflects a morbid situation. 1973 G. Sims Hunters Point vi. 47 Fred Wheeler may be the joker in the pack. He might have got Dave involved in something wild. 1974 Times 9 May 4/1 Although the Government has a majority of four votes over the Conservatives, there are 37 ‘jokers in the pack’. < as lemmas |
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