| 单词 | beggar-my-neighbour |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbeggar-my-neighbour beggar-my-neighbour n. a simple card game often played by children; also figurative. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > children's or simple games > [noun] snap snorum1622 beggar-my-neighbour1734 snip-snap-snorum1755 old maid1831 pounce commerce1847 muggins1855 happy families1861 author1863 snap1881 strip-jack-naked1881 spoof1884 animal grab1894 grab1900 donkey1920 1734 Poor Robin C 6 The Lawyers play at beggar my Neighbour. 1777 J. Brand Observ. Pop. Antiq. (1849) II. 396 Birkie, a childish game at cards: in England..called Beggar-my-neighbour. 1838 R. Southey Doctor V. 43 I cannot call to mind any thing which is estimated so much below its deserts as the game of Beggar-my-Neighbour. 1875 A. Helps Social Pressure xxiv. 355 I believe he would throw some spirit and some hope into ‘Beggar my Neighbour.’ 1930 Times Educ. Suppl. 20 Dec. 511/2 The..argument..that the scale for Middlesex should be nearer to that for London..was merely playing ‘beggar-my-neighbour’. 1958 Spectator 1 Aug. 174/3 The continuous concentration on national selfishnesses and beggar-my-neighbour is distasteful. < as lemmas |
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