单词 | black-leggery |
释义 | > as lemmasblack-ˈleggery black-ˈleggery n. (also black-legery) blacklegs regarded collectively; (also) the characteristics or behaviour of a blackleg (sense 2). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > games of chance > [noun] > gaming > cheating or swindling in gammoning1700 blacklegism1827 black-leggery1832 bunco1872 in and in1935 1832 W. Maginn in Blackwood's Mag. 32 427 From following any profession save the Army, the Navy, Black-apronry, and Black-leggery. 1882 Pall Mall Gaz. 9 Dec. 20 The two baronets resemble each other only in cowardice, spite, and blackleggery. 1907 J. J. Pence in S. P. Kaler & R. H. Maring Hist. Whiteley County Indiana 298/1 The hanging of Gregory McDougal..broke the backbone of the black-legery. < as lemmas |
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