单词 | sancho |
释义 | sanchon.1 A kind of simple guitar used in West Africa. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > stringed instruments > guitar or lute type > [noun] > guitar > other guitars slidec1608 samisen1616 angelique1660 angelot1678 angel lutea1708 strim-stramc1730 sitar1777 balalaika1788 ramkie1805 sancho1817 sanxian1839 bass guitar1855 gimbri1876 cuatro1904 electric guitar1933 requinto1937 tamburitza1941 tiple1942 dobro1952 acoustic guitar1953 acoustical guitar1957 bottleneck guitar1961 acoustic1962 slide guitar1968 1817 T. E. Bowdich Mission to Ashantee (1819) i. ii. 38 Small drums, sankos, stools [etc.]. 1847 S. Lee Afr. Wanderers xvii. 302 Sankos, which were wooden boxes covered with deer skin. 1864 C. Engel Music Most Anc. Nations 211 The sancho a small stringed instrument of the negroes of Guinea. 1876 J. Stainer & W. A. Barrett Dict. Musical Terms 384/1 Sancho, a negro instrument of the guitar species, made of hollowed wood and furnished with a long neck. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1909; most recently modified version published online March 2022). Sanchon.2 Used allusively of one who is a companion or foil to a quixotic person. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social relations > association, fellowship, or companionship > a companion or associate > [noun] > other types of companion consenter1303 pew-fellow1533 bander1563 intercommoner1567 convenera1572 compeer1574 copemate1593 coherent1598 minion1598 barnacle1607 intercommuner1620 shade1667 dangler1728 rafiq1783 esquire1824 Sancho1870 tag-along1961 homeboy1965 bredda1969 arm piece1975 1870 D. G. Rossetti Let. 15 Mar. (1965) II. 817 He [sc. Stillman] is a complete Don Quixote in every way, and with such a Sancho as myself to back him, we ought not to lack for adventures. 1934 R. Campbell Broken Rec. 10 Humanity can be divided roughly into two classes, the Quixotes and the Sanchos. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1982; most recently modified version published online June 2021). sanchon.3 U.S. Cards. Now historical and rare. In the game of Pedro Sancho: the nine of trumps. Cf. pedro n. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > card or cards > [noun] > trump cards triumph1563 trump1563 ruff1598 five-finger1611 honour1674 high1793 low1818 trumph1819 sancho1875 Dix1908 ruffer1934 1875 W. B. Dick Amer. Hoyle (ed. 10) 53 Pedro Sancho... The nine of trumps is called Sancho and counts nine in the score. 1890 Cent. Dict. 5326/2 The Sancho or 9-spot of trumps counts 9, the Pedro or 5-spot of trumps 5. 1907 Hoyle's Games 12 Pedro Sancho. Eighteen points can be made in each deal; high, low, jack, game being worth 1 each; the five of trumps 5; the nine of trumps, ‘sancho’, 9. 1990 D. Parlett Oxf. Guide Card Games xix. 259 In a later version [of All Fives] called Pedro Sancho, the Nine of trumps (‘Sancho’) attracted a further score of 9 points. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2021). < n.11817n.21870n.31875 |
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