| 单词 | ring the bull |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto ring the bull b. to ring the bull: to play the game of ringing the bull (see Phrases 2a). Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > quoits > games resembling quoits > play game [verb (intransitive)] to ring the bull1838 1838 D. Jerrold Men of Char. II. xviii. 305 After that, he must visit the gypsies; then he must ring-the-bull. 1862 R. W. Procter Our Turf, our Stage, & our Ring i. 20 I did not choose to ring the bull, or prick the garter;—to shake with dice at over and under, or toy with a pea in a labyrinth of thimbles. 1919 C. Guha Mod. Anglo-Bengali Dict. (2007) 1829/3 To ring the bull. ring the bull c. ring the bull = ringing the bull at Phrases 2a. ΚΠ 1839 C. Dickens Nicholas Nickleby l. 494 These would be hanging on the outskirts of a wide circle of people assembled round some itinerant juggler, opposed in his turn by a noisy band of music, or the classic game of ‘Ring the Bull’. 1868 Notes & Queries 4th Ser. 1 89 The game..is or was common in the ale-houses of Cheshire, and is called Ring-the-Bull. 1989 A. Aird 1990 Good Pub Guide 26 The public bar has darts, cribbage, dominoes, ring the bull and trivia. < as lemmas |
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