| 单词 | little joe |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslittle Joe little Joe n. [perhaps compare earlier Joe n.2 2, Joey n.1 1, both names for a coin worth four pence] a total of four rolled on two dice in the game of craps. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > games of chance > dice-playing > [noun] > craps > type of throw natural1762 little Joe1886 craps1890 point number1926 miss-out1936 1886 Cincinnati Enquirer 12 June 10/2 ‘Wetcher throw, coon?’ ‘Little Jo. Jo Day! 'E dun got no use for Little Jo.’ 1890 Dial. Notes 1 61 Big Dick: 10; little Joe: 4. 1926 T. S. Stribling Teeftallow viii. 67 The shooter..was half drunk,..chanting at each shot, ‘Come up, Little Joe! Don't deceive yo' pappy!’ 1968 Scottish Daily Mail 16 July 2/1 If you throw crap dice and a combination of seven is showing on top, what is facing down?.. Little Joes? 2009 V. Coren For Richer for Poorer xii. 154 On and on and on, rolls the nimble Chinese wizard. It's like there's no seven on the dice. Bang—snake eyes. Bang—boxcars. Bang—little Joe. < as lemmas |
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