Newmarketn.

Brit.

/ˈnjuːˌmɑːkɪt/, U.S.

/ˈn(j)uˌmɑrkət/

Forms: 1600s–1700s New-Market, 1600s– Newmarket, 1800s New Market.

Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Newmarket.

Etymology: < Newmarket, the name of a town in Suffolk, England, famous for its horse races. N.E.D. (1906) also gives the pronunciation (niūmā·ɹkėt) /njuːˈmɑːkɪt/.

I. Compounds.

1. General attributive. Designating things coming from, found in, or associated with Newmarket.

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1685 London Gaz. No. 2041/4 One light Gray Gelding with a long Newmarket Tail.

1698 London Gaz. No. 3360/4 A long bushy Tail cut after the New-Market Cut.

1709 Brit. Apollo 27 May–1 June To reduce his Corpus..Unto a New-Market Condition.

1714 London Gaz. No. 5252/4 Both Heels white behind, and a New-Market Tayle.

1837 B. Webster My Young Wife & my Old Umbrella in Acting National Drama I. 7 Green Newmarket cut coat.

1869 Overland Monthly Aug. 123/1 They were met by a gay cavalier in top-boots and a coat of the Newmarket cut.

1933 J. Buchan Prince of Captivity ii. iv. 248 She had been gardening..and wore Newmarket boots.

1958 Times 6 Oct. 13/1 The foot which would be warm and practical with sheepskin or Newmarket boots.

a. Newmarket coat n. now historical a close-fitting tailcoat for men, cut away at the front and originally worn for riding; (also) an outdoor coat of a similar style for women, typically with flap pockets on the hips; also Newmarket frock.

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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > coat > types of > close-fitting

juste-au-corps1656

tunic1667

chesticore1671

Newmarket coat1751

rifle shirt1775

rifle frock1776

jeistiecor1817

rifle coatc1827

Newmarket1843

1751 F. Coventry Hist. Pompey the Little ii. vi. 180 He always appeared in the Morning in a Newmarket Frock, decorated with a great Number of red, green or blue Capes.

1822 Sat. Evening Post (Philadelphia) 12 Oct. 3 A handsome and fashionable assortment of ready made Clothing, consisting of Dress Coats, New Market Coats, [etc.].

1854 C. Dickens Hard Times i. vi. 35 He was dressed in a Newmarket coat and tight-fitting trousers.

1883 R. Broughton Belinda III. ii. 188 Others come out, fortified by Newmarket coats or fur capes.

1896 Macmillan's Mag. Mar. 352/2 Glancing at Ada's Newmarket coat, and the wideawake hat,..I would not wonder at his mingled admiration and dismay.

1960 C. W. Cunnington et al. Dict. Eng. Costume 144/2 Newmarket coat,..a tail-coat, S-B [single-breasted] or D-B [double-breasted], the fronts sloping away from above the waist level and often worn open.

b. Newmarket overcoat n. historical a longer version of the Newmarket coat, usually made of heavy cloth or homespun, with a velvet collar and cuffs.

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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > coat > types of > tail-coat > types of

coatee1775

swallowtail1835

claw-hammer coat1842

swallowtail coat1848

claw hammer1855

swinger1863

steel pen1873

jimswinger1895

Newmarket overcoat1960

1960 C. W. Cunnington et al. Dict. Eng. Costume 145/2 Newmarket overcoat, 1881..Tailor-made S-B [single-breasted] or D-B [double-breasted] and closed to the waist, the long skirts left open to reach nearly to the ground.

1989 R. Hansen Nebraska Stories 8 Sin finally took off his Newmarket overcoat and tailored it around the girl.

†3. Newmarket greyhound n. Obsolete rare a greyhound of a type bred to be stouter or heavier than other greyhounds.

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the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > hound > [noun] > greyhound > kinds of or used for specific purpose

side lay1575

wolf-greyhound1825

Newmarket greyhound1856

harlequin greyhound1883

snap1896

dog1898

nap1926

1856 ‘Stonehenge’ Man. Brit. Rural Sports 163/1 The Newmarket greyhound..is a racing-like, speedy animal, yet possessed of as much stoutness as possible.

II. Simple uses.

†a. A game played with three dice in which the object is to roll the highest score in a single roll; (also) the (single) toss of a coin to decide a winner. Obsolete.

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society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > games of chance > dice-playing > [noun] > other dice games

rafflec1405

passagec1425

treygobet1426

mumchance1528

trey-trip1564

lots?1577

novum?1577

fox-mine-host1622

in and in1630

merry main1664

snake1688

pass-dice1753

chicken hazard1781

Shaking in the Shallow1795

sequin hazard1825

chuck-a-luck1836

Newmarket1837

chicken1849

poker dice1870

under and over1890

sweat1894

crown and anchor1902

Murrumbidgee1917

beetle1936

liar dice1946

Yahtzee1957

1837 J. S. Coyne Queer Subj. i. i. 3 The best in three! What a low hidear—no, Newmarket is the genteel thing—one toss settles it, (tosses up a piece of money).

1838 ‘P. Pry’ Oddities London Life II. 284 ‘Newmarket, or five out of nine?’ sis I. ‘Newmarket,’ sis he.

1841 C. Dickens Old Curiosity Shop i. xxxvi. 298 Going the odd man or plain Newmarket for fruit, ginger-beer [etc.].

1894 J. N. Maskelyne ‘Sharps & Flats’ 250 Yankee-grab or Newmarket..is played with three dice, and the object in view is to get nearest to an aggregate of eighteen pips.

b. A card game in which the main object is to play off all one's cards to a matching sequence on the table.

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society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > other card games > [noun] > Newmarket, etc.

Pope Joan1732

stop1886

Newmarket1887

Michigan1923

1887 All Year Round 5 Feb. 66 Pope Joan has survived to the present day in the modified form of ‘Newmarket’.

1972 ‘R. Harbin’ Waddingtons Family Card Games 110 In the USA, Newmarket is known as Michigan, or Chicago, or Boodle, or Stops; and they play it slightly differently. But I think that our name, and our rules, are better.

1996 W. N. Herbert Cabaret McGonagall 50 Tablecloth-maps of Ireland, Wales, and card games, Newmarket, Stop the Bus.

†5. Short for Newmarket coat n. at sense 2a. Obsolete.

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