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单词 pisha paysha
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pisha payshan.

Brit. /ˌpɪʃə ˈpeɪʃə/, U.S. /ˌpɪʃə ˈpeɪʃə/
Forms: 1900s– pisha pasha, 1900s– pisha paysha, 1900s– pisha-paysha, 1900s– pish-e-pesha, 1900s– pishy-pashy.
Origin: A borrowing from Yiddish. Etymon: Yiddish pishe peyshe.
Etymology: < Yiddish pishe peyshe, of uncertain origin.It has been suggested that the name is an alteration of English pitch and patience or peace and patience (compare pitch n.2, peace n., patience n.1), said to be the name of a card game, although no evidence has been found for this name in English. Compare the following:1934 L. Golding Five Silver Daughters i. 15 ‘Pishy-pashy’ they called their game, which has been interpreted as a variant of the words ‘Peace and Patience’.
Among Ashkenazic Jews: a card game resembling beggar-my-neighbour, in which two players attempt to match cards from the pack in an ascending or descending sequence until all the playable cards are used up, the winner being the player who has the fewest cards remaining.
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1928 Weekly Disp. 27 May 13/2 Two heavy, blue-chinned fellows continued their game of pisha pasha and another smiled a greeting across the top of a Jewish evening paper.
1934 L. Golding Five Silver Daughters i. 15 So Mr Silver took out the cards and they played ‘Pishy-pashy’.
1979 M. Mosco Almonds & Raisins (1980) I. ii. 40 And maybe you think I sit shpeiling with the cards all day, playing pisha-paysha like the old men in the marketplace at home.
1994 Jewish Jrnl. (Nexis) 6 Jan. 38 a In the evenings, I would remember his 1001 hands of Pisha-Paysha long before Milton Berle and the tube invaded the living room.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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