| 单词 | old gamester |
| 释义 | > as lemmasold gamester b. English regional (chiefly Berkshire). A person skilled at single stick, wrestling, or the like. Esp. in old gamester. Now historical and rare. ΚΠ 1857 T. Hughes Tom Brown's School Days i. ii. 29 A pair of heavy single-sticks, with which Benjy himself had won renown long ago as an old gamester. 1859 T. Hughes Scouring of White Horse v. 92 That prizes be awarded for..Backsword Play, Old gamesters, 8l., Young gamesters, 4l., Wrestling, Old Gamesters, 5l., Young Gamesters, 4l. 1859 T. Hughes Scouring of White Horse vi. 119 ‘Who are the old gamesters?’ I asked of the man next me. ‘Them as has won or shared a first prize at any revel,’ answered he. 1888 J. Stevens Parochial Hist. St. Mary Bourne ix. 192 The ‘sports’..were the means of calling together an assemblage of gipsies, vagabonds, and ‘gamesters’, as they were called... Sometimes a ‘gold-laced hat’ for ‘old gamesters’ was offered; and small prizes were given to those who succeeded in breaking one head. 1922 A. Williams Round about Upper Thames iii. 48 The village teams of gamesters, trained to perform creditable feats with the single-sticks, and great in the wrestling contests. 1955 T. B. Costain Tontine I. ii. ix. 226 I was an Old Gamester even then and they came against me in the backswording. < as lemmas |
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