| 单词 | pitch-halfpenny |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspitch-halfpenny P2. Used to form the names of games in which coins or other objects are thrown, usually at a target, as pitch-and-chuck (cf. chuck-farthing n.), pitch-and-hustle (cf. hustle-cap n.), pitch-halfpenny, etc. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > pitch and toss, etc. > [noun] vanning1606 pitch-and-chuck1688 pitch-and-hustle1688 chuck-farthing1699 hustle-cap1709 chuck1711 pitch-and-toss1721 pitch-farthing1737 pitch1745 chock1819 pinch1828 pitch-penny1830 chuck-hole1837 chuck-halfpenny1838 toss-halfpenny1848 three-up1851 chuck-button1863 toss-penny1874 toss and catch1904 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory (1905) iii. xvi. 82/1 Pich and Hussle. 1749 W. Ellis Compl. Syst. Improvem. Sheep 199 Others..go shooting of Birds, or play at Bandy-wicket, Pitch and Chuck, Hooper's Hide. 1779 Addr. Gentry County of Durham 24 They would be much better employ'd, and much less immorally, than in Pellet or Cricket matches, or in a Game at Pitch-halfpenny. 1841 G. Wickham Bluecoat Boy x Shoot in the ring, odd and even, and pitch in the hole, are the leading games. 1861 H. Mayhew London Labour (new ed.) III. 134/2 I was watching a lot of boys playing at pitch-button. 1892 P. H. Emerson Son of Fens 339 Let's have a game of pitch-halfpenny. 1901 Daily News 22 Jan. 9/1 The young ladies for the most part seemed to be in the ‘pitch-in-the-tub’ branch of the profession. < as lemmas |
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