单词 | one-and-thirty bone ace |
释义 | > as lemmasone-and-thirty bone ace More fully one-and-thirty bone ace. A form of the card game thirty-one (thirty-one n.), in which the third card dealt to each player is turned up, and the player who holds the highest wins a prize, variously stated to be either a counter (counter n.3 1b) or the ‘bone’ (that is, half the stake: see bone n.2). Also: the ace of hearts or diamonds, designated as the highest card in the game. Cf. one-and-thirty n. at one adj., n., and pron. Compounds 4. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > other card games > [noun] > bone-ace one-and-thirtyc1557 bone ace1611 thirty-one1838 1611 J. Florio Queen Anna's New World of Words Trentuno, a game at cards called one and thirtie, or bone-ace. 1617 Machiuells Dogge sig. A3 What shall bee our game? Primero? Gleeke? Or one and thirty, Bone ace, or new Cut? a1672 F. Willughby Bk. of Games (2003) 136 One and Thirtie Bon Ace is when the uppermost of the three that everie gamester has is turned with the face uppermost... An ace wins any card, and the Ace of Harts is called Bon Ace and wins any ace. 1674 C. Cotton Compl. Gamester xv. 130 The Ace of Diamonds is Bone-Ace, and wins all other Cards whatever. 1728 C. Cibber Vanbrugh's Provok'd Husband ii. i. 26 You, and I, and Sister..may play at One and thirty Bone-Ace, purely. 1754 Connoisseur (1755) No. 19. 117 I am..afterwards doomed to sit down to whist and swabbers, or one and thirty bone ace for farthings. 1791 Whitehall Evening Post 13 Aug. On whose rare features Cupids great and small At nine-pins play, at tennis, and bon-ace. 1887 N.Y. Times 26 June 10/6 Did you only hunt long enough you might discover players of lanterloo, gleek, penniech, bankafalt, and even bone-ace. 1939 C. K. Eves Matthew Prior v. 135 He had a thousand pounds a year from the Board of Trade and idled away his time playing one-and-thirty-boneace with his ‘adorable Electress’ at Berlin. 2017 Blade (Toledo, Ohio) (Nexis) 23 June The Bagleys also operate a gambling den..where pirates play 17th century card and dice games, like faro, bone ace, and liar's dice. < as lemmas |
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