| 单词 | run or throw a levant |
| 释义 | > as lemmasrun or throw a levant The action of levant v.1; a bet made with the intention of absconding if it is lost. Only in phrases to come the levant, run or throw a levant. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > betting > [noun] > type of bet swoopstake1599 by-beta1627 levant1714 even money1732 play or pay bet1738 side bet1769 long shot1796 sweep1849 pay-or-play1853 sweepstake1861 pari-mutuel1868 to go a raker1869 flutter1874 skinner1874 by-wager1886 plunge1888 accumulator1889 saver1891 mutuel1893 quinella1902 parlay1904 Sydney or the bush1924 treble1924 daily double1930 all-up1933 round robin1944 double1951 twin double1960 perfecta1961 pool1963 lose bet1964 tiercé1964 Yankee bet1964 Yankee1967 nap1971 superfecta1971 tricast1972 triple1972 trixie1973 telebetting1974 trifecta1974 over-and-under1975 over-under1981 spread bet1981 society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > betting > bet [verb (intransitive)] > type of betting run or throw a levant1714 levant1797 to pound it1819 field1860 to go for the gloves1861 to buy money1906 plunge1939 to bet like the Watsons1949 (to bet (etc.)) on the nose1951 1714 T. Lucas Mem. Most Famous Gamesters & Sharpers (ed. 2) 111 He hath ventur'd to come the Levant over Gintlemen. 1728 C. Cibber Vanbrugh's Provok'd Husband i. i. 4 Throw a familiar Levant upon some sharp lurching Man of Quality. 1732 H. Fielding Lottery (ed. 2) iii. 33 Matter! why, I have had a Levant thrown upon me. 1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones III. viii. xii. 261 Never mind that, Man, e'en boldly run a Levant . View more context for this quotation 1819 J. H. Vaux New Vocab. Flash Lang. in Memoirs II. 186 Levanting or Running a Levant. < as lemmas |
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