单词 | non-dealer |
释义 | non-dealern. 1. Cards. A player who is not responsible for dealing the cards. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > [noun] > card-player > other players hand1589 revoker1754 sitter-out1829 non-dealer1857 card reader1899 card counter1962 1857 Chambers's Information for People (new ed.) II. 669/2 If the non-dealer observes his adversary has more cards than are his due,..he may score four points. 1891 Field 28 Nov. 843/1 If the non-dealer takes in the king, he ought..to lead it. 1956 in A. Murphy Way to keep Him 138 William, the nondealer, announces that he has completed his count in point. 1997 Independent 26 July ii. 2/1 Beginning with the non-dealer, the players then take turns to reveal one card from their hands. 2. A person who is not a commercial dealer; spec. a buyer or seller of goods who is not a professional trader. ΚΠ 1863 H. B. Bryant Bryant & Stratton's Counting House Bk.-keeping 253 No entry is made of these on the principal books until they are paid, when, if belonging to a dealer, he is credited with the proceeds as a deposit; and if to a stranger or non-dealer it is..remitted immediately. 1915 Jrnl. Polit. Econ. 23 99 The non-dealers' prices as well as the dealers' prices of land have increased. 1992 ‘J. Gash’ Lies of Fair Ladies (1993) i. 2 Denny was trying to sell this very cameo to a woman called George Danson. A word about terminology here: a ‘woman’ to the antiques trade is a non-dealer, man or woman. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1857 |
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