| 单词 | knave noddy |
| 释义 | > as lemmasknave noddy 2. The jack in various card games. Also knave noddy. Now historical and rare. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > card or cards > [noun] > picture-card > jack knave1568 varlet1568 knight1585 noddy1611 Jack1674 Pam1898 1611 ‘G. Vadianus’ in T. Coryate Crudities sig. lv Noddie turn'd vp, all made, yet lose the tricke. 1680 C. Cotton Compl. Gamester (ed. 2) 76 If you have a knave of that suit which is turned up, it is knave Noddy. 1757 S. Foote Author ii. 27 You want four, and I two, and my Deal: Now, Knave noddy—no, Hearts be Trumps. 1798 Anti-Jacobin 11 June 244/1 Your kings are but noddies to them... A Noddy, the reader will observe, has two significations—the one, a Knave at All-fours; the other a Fool, or Booby. 1842 J. D. Phelps Collectanea Glocestrensia (Glouc. Gloss.) Noddy, the knave at cards. 1990 D. Parlett Oxf. Guide Card Games x. 131 Noddy..in various card games..applied particularly to the Jack of the suit turned for trumps, or ‘Knave Noddy’. < as lemmas |
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