| 单词 | policy slip |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspolicy slip policy slip n. U.S. (now chiefly historical) a ticket showing a number on which a gambler has made a bet in the game of policy. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > betting > betting on lotteries > [noun] > slip policy certificate1830 policy slip1854 1853 N.-Y. Daily Times 12 Sept. 1/6 The body was much decomposed. In the vest pocket a trunk key was found and a lottery policy slip.] 1854 N.-Y. Daily Times 13 Mar. 4/4 There are to-day some dozen men under arrest for selling ‘policy slips’, principally to poor children, of 8 and 10 years of age. 1890 Cent. Dict. Policy-slip, the ticket given on a stake of money at a policy-shop. 1934 Sun (Baltimore) 30 Apr. 6/5 The second fact can be done away with by making it a criminal offense to sell policy slips to minors. 1985 N. Pileggi Wiseguy 21 Pretty soon I was delivering policy slips to apartments and houses all over the neighborhood. < as lemmas |
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