penny-prickn.

Brit.

/ˌpɛnɪˈprɪk/, U.S.

/ˈpɛniˈprɪk/

Forms: see penny n. and prick n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: penny n., prick n.

Etymology: < penny n. + prick n.

Now historical and rare.

A game in which something is thrown or shot at a penny or other coin (often on a stick) serving as a target.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > quoits > games resembling quoits > [noun]

penny-prick1421

penny-stone?c1475

loggat1541

ringing the bull1815

bull1863

ring toss1870

ringoal1887

rings1906

jukskei1942

cornhole game2002

1421 Maldon (Essex) Court Rolls (Bundle 12, No. 8) Cum hominibus utentibus ludos illegitimos, viz. alias scaccarulos et penypryke ad gravitatem proximorum suorum.

a1449 in S. A. Moore Lett. & Papers J. Shillingford (1871) ii. 101 In tyme of dyvyne service..yong peple of the saide Comminalte..have exercised unlawfull games as the toppe, queke, penny prykke.

1451 Court Roll Great Waltham in Middle Eng. Dict. at Peni-prike Ludend. ad taxillos The Glove and the Penyprikke..contra pacem domini Regis.

1552 in W. H. Stevenson Rec. Borough Nottingham (1889) IV. 102 Dyce, slyde grote, penypricke, caylles, tennes.

1616 T. Scot Philomythie sig. I5^v Their idle houres..They spend at shoue-boord, or at pennie pricke, At dice, cards, tennis.

1640 H. Glapthorne Hollander ii. i Had a desperate hole made in her by a gentleman, with his But-shaft, as in her Country garden he was shooting at Penny pricke.

a1800 S. Pegge Suppl. Grose's Provinc. Gloss. (1814) Penny-prick, a sport; throwing at halfpence placed on sticks which are called hobs.

1829 J. Hunter Hallamshire Gloss. Penny-prick, a game consisting of casting oblong pieces of iron at a mark.

1995 Past & Present Aug. 62 The alarm about penny-prick is understandable, since it apparently involved the shooting of arrows at a penny target.

Derivatives

† penny-pricker n. Obsolete rare a person who plays penny-prick.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > quoits > games resembling quoits > [noun] > player

penny-pricker?1518

?1518 Cocke Lorelles Bote sig. C.i Tyburne collopes and peny pryckers Bowlers mas shoters and quayters.

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

单词	penny-prick
释义	penny-prickn. Brit. /ˌpɛnɪˈprɪk/, U.S. /ˈpɛniˈprɪk/ Forms: see penny n. and prick n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: penny n., prick n. Etymology: < penny n. + prick n. Now historical and rare. A game in which something is thrown or shot at a penny or other coin (often on a stick) serving as a target. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > quoits > games resembling quoits > [noun] penny-prick1421 penny-stone?c1475 loggat1541 ringing the bull1815 bull1863 ring toss1870 ringoal1887 rings1906 jukskei1942 cornhole game2002 1421 Maldon (Essex) Court Rolls (Bundle 12, No. 8) Cum hominibus utentibus ludos illegitimos, viz. alias scaccarulos et penypryke ad gravitatem proximorum suorum. a1449 in S. A. Moore Lett. & Papers J. Shillingford (1871) ii. 101 In tyme of dyvyne service..yong peple of the saide Comminalte..have exercised unlawfull games as the toppe, queke, penny prykke. 1451 Court Roll Great Waltham in Middle Eng. Dict. at Peni-prike Ludend. ad taxillos The Glove and the Penyprikke..contra pacem domini Regis. 1552 in W. H. Stevenson Rec. Borough Nottingham (1889) IV. 102 Dyce, slyde grote, penypricke, caylles, tennes. 1616 T. Scot Philomythie sig. I5^v Their idle houres..They spend at shoue-boord, or at pennie pricke, At dice, cards, tennis. 1640 H. Glapthorne Hollander ii. i Had a desperate hole made in her by a gentleman, with his But-shaft, as in her Country garden he was shooting at Penny pricke. a1800 S. Pegge Suppl. Grose's Provinc. Gloss. (1814) Penny-prick, a sport; throwing at halfpence placed on sticks which are called hobs. 1829 J. Hunter Hallamshire Gloss. Penny-prick, a game consisting of casting oblong pieces of iron at a mark. 1995 Past & Present Aug. 62 The alarm about penny-prick is understandable, since it apparently involved the shooting of arrows at a penny target. Derivatives † penny-pricker n. Obsolete rare a person who plays penny-prick. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > quoits > games resembling quoits > [noun] > player penny-pricker?1518 ?1518 Cocke Lorelles Bote sig. C.i Tyburne collopes and peny pryckers Bowlers mas shoters and quayters. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1421
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