pai gown.

Brit.

/ˌpʌɪ ˈɡaʊ/, U.S.

/ˌpaɪ ˈɡaʊ/

Forms: 1900s– pai gao, 1900s– pai gau, 1900s– paigau, 1900s– p'aigau, 1900s– pai gow, 1900s– pai-gow, 1900s– paigow, 1900s– pai kao, 1900s– pai-kao, 1900s– pai kau, 1900s– pai kow, 1900s– pia kao, 1900s– piakao, 1900s– pie-gow, 1900s– pie kow, 1900s– pi-gow, 1900s– pi kow, 1900s– pikow. Also with capital initials.

Origin: A borrowing from Chinese. Etymon: Chinese páai gáu.

Etymology: < Chinese (Cantonese)páai gáu nine cards < páai playing cards + gáu nine.

A Chinese gambling game played with dominoes.

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

even or odd1538

love1585

Jack-in-the-box?1593

under-hat1629

pluck-penny1643

morra1659

catch-dolt1674

shuffle-cap1712

fair chance1723

E O1751

teetotum1753

rondo1821

cut-throat1823

hop-my-fool1824

odds and evens1841

spin-'em-round1851

halfpenny under the hat1853

racehorses1853

fan-tan1878

tan1883

pakapoo1886

legality1888

petits chevaux1891

pai gow1906

boule1911

put and take1921

1906 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 21 Jan. 1/4 The Chinese play ‘pie-gow’, which is alleged to be a gambling game, although difficult to prove as such.

1969 R. C. Bell Board & Table Games (ed. 2) II. vi. 102 Pai Kow is played with a full set of Chinese dominoes.

1985 Los Angeles Times (Nexis) 3 Feb. 1 Local councils, hesitant at first, finally warmed to the game when Los Angeles Supreme Court Judge John Cole ruled Jan. 16 that pai gow is essentially legal.

2003 Herald Sun (Melbourne) (Nexis) 4 Aug. 8 Gang members from Singapore and Malaysia were charged after they cheated at pai gow at Star City in Sydney.

Compounds

pai gow poker n. a version of poker incorporating some elements of pai gow, in which a player selects a five-card hand and a two-card hand from seven cards dealt to him or her, winning only if both hands are higher than those of the bank.

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society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > poker > [noun] > varieties of

vaunt1598

brag1734

draw poker1847

penny ante1855

freeze-out1856

draw1857

straight poker1864

stud poker1864

mistigris1875

highball1878

whisky-poker1878

stud-horse poker1881

stud horse1882

stud1884

showdown poker1892

show poker1895

red dog1919

showdown1927

strip-poker1929

manilla1930

Hold 'Em1964

Texas Hold 'Em1968

pai gow poker1985

1985 Los Angeles Times (Nexis) 18 July (Home ed.) ix. 1/4 Pai gow poker is the same as pai gow, only it uses cards instead of tiles.

1992 Esquire (BNC) Sept. 182 Chan likes his action thick and fast and has since fallen victim to a perversion of the game known as Pai Gau poker—a game of pure chance, played as fast as mah-jong for very large amounts of money.

2000 New Republic (Nexis) 12 Mar. 27/1 Gambling in California..began luring thousands of Asian gamblers with a peculiar tile game called Pai Gow poker.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pai gow
释义	pai gown. Brit. /ˌpʌɪ ˈɡaʊ/, U.S. /ˌpaɪ ˈɡaʊ/ Forms: 1900s– pai gao, 1900s– pai gau, 1900s– paigau, 1900s– p'aigau, 1900s– pai gow, 1900s– pai-gow, 1900s– paigow, 1900s– pai kao, 1900s– pai-kao, 1900s– pai kau, 1900s– pai kow, 1900s– pia kao, 1900s– piakao, 1900s– pie-gow, 1900s– pie kow, 1900s– pi-gow, 1900s– pi kow, 1900s– pikow. Also with capital initials. Origin: A borrowing from Chinese. Etymon: Chinese páai gáu. Etymology: < Chinese (Cantonese)páai gáu nine cards < páai playing cards + gáu nine. A Chinese gambling game played with dominoes. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > games of chance > other games of chance > [noun] even or odd1538 love1585 Jack-in-the-box?1593 under-hat1629 pluck-penny1643 morra1659 catch-dolt1674 shuffle-cap1712 fair chance1723 E O1751 teetotum1753 rondo1821 cut-throat1823 hop-my-fool1824 odds and evens1841 spin-'em-round1851 halfpenny under the hat1853 racehorses1853 fan-tan1878 tan1883 pakapoo1886 legality1888 petits chevaux1891 pai gow1906 boule1911 put and take1921 1906 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 21 Jan. 1/4 The Chinese play ‘pie-gow’, which is alleged to be a gambling game, although difficult to prove as such. 1969 R. C. Bell Board & Table Games (ed. 2) II. vi. 102 Pai Kow is played with a full set of Chinese dominoes. 1985 Los Angeles Times (Nexis) 3 Feb. 1 Local councils, hesitant at first, finally warmed to the game when Los Angeles Supreme Court Judge John Cole ruled Jan. 16 that pai gow is essentially legal. 2003 Herald Sun (Melbourne) (Nexis) 4 Aug. 8 Gang members from Singapore and Malaysia were charged after they cheated at pai gow at Star City in Sydney. Compounds pai gow poker n. a version of poker incorporating some elements of pai gow, in which a player selects a five-card hand and a two-card hand from seven cards dealt to him or her, winning only if both hands are higher than those of the bank. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > poker > [noun] > varieties of vaunt1598 brag1734 draw poker1847 penny ante1855 freeze-out1856 draw1857 straight poker1864 stud poker1864 mistigris1875 highball1878 whisky-poker1878 stud-horse poker1881 stud horse1882 stud1884 showdown poker1892 show poker1895 red dog1919 showdown1927 strip-poker1929 manilla1930 Hold 'Em1964 Texas Hold 'Em1968 pai gow poker1985 1985 Los Angeles Times (Nexis) 18 July (Home ed.) ix. 1/4 Pai gow poker is the same as pai gow, only it uses cards instead of tiles. 1992 Esquire (BNC) Sept. 182 Chan likes his action thick and fast and has since fallen victim to a perversion of the game known as Pai Gau poker—a game of pure chance, played as fast as mah-jong for very large amounts of money. 2000 New Republic (Nexis) 12 Mar. 27/1 Gambling in California..began luring thousands of Asian gamblers with a peculiar tile game called Pai Gow poker. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1906
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