| 单词 | runaway ring |
| 释义 | > as lemmasrunaway ring runaway ring n. a ring given at a door as a trick or joke, the perpetrator running away before the door is opened; cf. runaway knock n.In quot. ?1790: a person playing such a trick. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > causing laughter > mischievous or practical joking > [noun] > instance of > specific mustarding1679 runaway ring?1790 runaway knock1813 society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > children's game > other children's games > [noun] > others buckle-pit1532 marrowbone1533 put-pin?1577 primus secundus1584 fox in the hole1585 haltering of Hick's mare1585 muss1591 pushpin1598 Jack-in-the-box1600 a penny in the forehead1602 buckerels1649 bumdockdousse1653 peck-point1653 toro1660 wheelbarrow1740 thread-needle1751 thrush-a-thrush1766 runaway ring?1790 Gregory1801 pick-point1801 fighting cocks1807 runaway knock1813 tit-tat-toe1818 French and English1820 honeypots1821 roly-poly1821 tickle-tail1821 pottle1822 King of Cantland1825 tip-top-castle1834 tile1837 statue1839 chip stone1843 hen and chickens1843 king of the castle1843 King Caesar1849 rap-jacket1870 old witch1881 tick-tack-toe1884 twos and threes1896 last across (the road)1904 step1909 king of the hill1928 Pooh-sticks1928 trick or treat1928 stare-you-out1932 king of the mountain1933 dab cricket1938 Urkey1938 trick-or-treating1941 seven-up1950 squashed tomato1959 slot-racing1965 Pog1993 knights- ?1790 Adventures of Pin iv. 72 When he had pulled it [sc. a bell]..his hand was all bedaubed with treacle..which he owned he had put on, to catch run-away rings. 1805 G. Colman Who wants Guinea? ii. ii. 22 Plenty of visitors and runaway rings to you! 1840 R. H. Barham Lady Rohesia in Ingoldsby Legends 1st Ser. 281 St. Peter..went back to his lodge, grumbling at being hoaxed by a runaway ring. 1952 A. Powell Buyer's Market iii. 163 Three or four bells..set beside the door at a height from the ground effectively removed from children's runaway rings. < as lemmas |
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