单词 | legs eleven |
释义 | > as lemmaslegs eleven legs eleven n. (a humorous nickname for) the number eleven in the game of bingo; sometimes shortened to legs (see sense 17). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > games of chance > bingo or lotto > [noun] > specific numbers clickety-click1917 legs eleven1917 legs1933 1917 A. G. Empey Over Top xix. 148 The caller-out has many nicknames for the numbers such as ‘Kelly's Eye’ for one, ‘Leg's [sic] Eleven’ for eleven, ‘Clickety-click’ for sixty-six, [etc.]. 1958 I. Ryan Black Man's Palaver iv. 69 Waiting with pencils poised for the caller's jargon to begin: ‘Eyes-down-look-in! Sixty-six-clickety-click. Legs-eleven.’ 2002 P. Collins Men from Boys 135 He needed only two calls: all the fours, droopy drawers and legs eleven. < as lemmas |
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