† pluck-pennyn.

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

Etymology: < pluck v. + penny n.Later currency of the word is perhaps shown by Pluck Penny as the name of a coal mine in the Forest of Dean, apparently first attested in the 18th cent.

Obsolete. rare.

(The name of) a gambling game played for small stakes.

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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

1643 P. Heylyn Theeves, Theeves 2 He that is once so skilled in the Art of gaming, as to play at Pluck-penny, will quickly come to Sweep-stake.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online June 2018).

单词	pluck-penny
释义	† pluck-pennyn. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pluck v., penny n. Etymology: < pluck v. + penny n.Later currency of the word is perhaps shown by Pluck Penny as the name of a coal mine in the Forest of Dean, apparently first attested in the 18th cent. Obsolete. rare. (The name of) a gambling game played for small stakes. 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 1643 P. Heylyn Theeves, Theeves 2 He that is once so skilled in the Art of gaming, as to play at Pluck-penny, will quickly come to Sweep-stake. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < n.1643
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