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单词 primus secundus
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primus secundusn.

Origin: Probably a borrowing from French. Etymon: French primus secundus.
Etymology: Probably < Middle French primus secundus, denoting a children's game (c1534 in the passage translated in quot. 1653; 1532 as primus et secondus ; both in Rabelais), apparently < classical Latin prīmus prime adj. + secundus second adj., although the semantic motivation of the name of the game is unclear.
Obsolete.
A type of children's game; probably = pushpin n. 1a.
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buckle-pit1532
marrowbone1533
put-pin?1577
primus secundus1584
fox in the hole1585
haltering of Hick's mare1585
muss1591
pushpin1598
Jack-in-the-box1600
a penny in the forehead1602
buckerels1649
bumdockdousse1653
peck-point1653
toro1660
wheelbarrow1740
thread-needle1751
thrush-a-thrush1766
runaway ring?1790
Gregory1801
pick-point1801
fighting cocks1807
runaway knock1813
tit-tat-toe1818
French and English1820
honeypots1821
roly-poly1821
tickle-tail1821
pottle1822
King of Cantland1825
tip-top-castle1834
tile1837
statue1839
chip stone1843
hen and chickens1843
king of the castle1843
King Caesar1849
rap-jacket1870
old witch1881
tick-tack-toe1884
twos and threes1896
last across (the road)1904
step1909
king of the hill1928
Pooh-sticks1928
trick or treat1928
stare-you-out1932
king of the mountain1933
dab cricket1938
Urkey1938
trick-or-treating1941
seven-up1950
squashed tomato1959
slot-racing1965
Pog1993
knights-
1584 R. Scot Discouerie Witchcraft xi. x. 198 It [sc. lottery] is a childish and ridiculous toie, and like vnto childrens plaie at Primus secundus, or the game called The philosophers table.
1653 T. Urquhart tr. F. Rabelais 2nd Bk. Wks. xviii. 132 Panurge..played away all the points of his breeches at primus secundus [Fr. a primus et secondus], and at peck point.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2020).
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