单词 | basset-table |
释义 | > as lemmasbasset-table An obsolete card game, resembling Faro, first played at Venice. Hence basset-table. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > games of chance > games of chance played with cards > [noun] > basset basset1645 society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > games of chance > games of chance played with cards > [noun] > basset > table basset-table1705 1645 J. Evelyn Mem. (1857) I. 211 We went to the Chetto de San Felice, to see the noblemen..at Basset, a game at cards which is much used. 1705 J. Vanbrugh Confederacy i. ii Advised her to set up a basset-table. 1706 A. Pope Basset-table in Lady M. W. Montagu et al. Court Poems 8 Look upon Basset, you who Reason boast; And see if Reason may not there be lost. a1718 N. Rowe Royal Convert Prol. 8 Not to forget Your Piquet Parties, and your dear Basset. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. 347 Gamblers playing deep at basset. < as lemmas |
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