| 单词 | riverboat gambler |
| 释义 | > as lemmasriverboat gambler riverboat gambler n. originally and chiefly U.S. a person who gambles professionally on (Mississippi) riverboats, esp. used as the type of a person who is regarded variously as bold, reckless, dashing, sharp, unethical, etc. ΚΠ 1920 San Francisco Chron. 11 Oct. 6/2 Mayo is seen to good advantage playing the part of the river-boat gambler. 1963 Washington Post 19 Jan. c3/1 He can spot a panhandler as quickly as a riverboat gambler can spot a stacked deck. 1986 N. Hentoff Boston Boy 7 A tall, burly, dark-haired man with a riverboat gambler's long, flowing moustache. 1992 J. Michener World is my Home i. 7 Six bottles of Southern Comfort..which he shared with his friends as if he were a Mississippi riverboat gambler softening them up for a scam. 2008 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 20 Aug. c18/4 Just three days before the Olympic final..he patched together a new..routine... ‘He's always been kind of a riverboat gambler... We took a risk, and it paid off.’ < as lemmas |
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