| 单词 | roly-poly table |
| 释义 | > as lemmasroly-poly table roly-poly table n. a table at which games of roly-poly (sense A. 2a) are played; spec. a roulette table. ΚΠ 1747 S. Fielding Familiar Lett. David Simple I. 84 I did not go to the Roly-poly or Card-Tables. 1748 T. Smollett Roderick Random II. lviii. 241 I consoled myself with the love of Narcissa, upon which I rested with the most perfect confidence, and going up to the rowly-powly table, won a few pieces from my suspected rival. 1753 G. Wollaston Life & Hist. Pilgrim i. 34 He determined to try his fortune at gaming, and accordingly went to a roly-poly table in Drury-Lane. 1907 Domest. Engin. 24 Aug. 192/1 When anyone says ‘fortune teller’ to Bob he will duck and come up on the other side to roll the balls at a Japanese roly-poly table. 1999 D. Brailsford Taste for Diversions ii. 44 There was probably also a miniature version of this since Birmingham licensees were also under threat if they kept ‘Roly-poly’ tables. < as lemmas |
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