| 单词 | spoofery |
| 释义 | > as lemmasˈspoofery ˈspoofery n. †(a) plural, a low sporting club; also spec. the Adelphi (cf. 1889 at spoof n. 1) (obsolete slang); (b) trickery, hoaxing. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > player or sportsperson > [noun] > specific club spoofery1895 athletics club1954 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > trickery, playing jokes > [noun] legerdemain1532 hocus-pocus1647 sham1683 funning1728 humbugging1752 humming1807 hoaxing1808 larking1813 cutting-up1843 cut-up1843 shenanigan1855 codology1860 greening1863 cod1866 leg-pulling1879 spoof1889 codding1892 spoofery1895 four-flushing1901 kidding1901 shenaniganning1924 kidology1964 society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > games of chance > [noun] > places for gambling dicing-house1549 carding house1550 gaming house1562 dicing-chamber1571 tabling house1576 game house?1577 macaroni1771 gambling house1772 gambling school1773 gambling club1774 spill-house1778 gambling hall?1781 gambling den1792 gambling booth1804 hell1812 gambling hell1818 Crockford1827 silver hell1835 deadfall1837 casino1851 house1855 tripot1864 skin house1871 bucket-shop1875 gambling joint1885 salle1886 tabling den1886 spoofery1895 salle de jeu1901 strong joint1914 kitchen1924 salle privée1930 spieler1931 1895 People 6 Jan. 13/4 About half-past one this morning I was in the ‘Spooferies’—Where? In the ‘Spooferies’—the Trafalgar Club they call it now—in Maiden-Lane. 1903 A. M. Binstead Pitcher in Paradise x. 227 ‘And when it comes to comparing the Spooferies with the House of Lords,’ the missive concluded, ‘it is a million to one on the Spooferies.’ The other name of the Spooferies was the Adelphi Club. 1926 K. Grahame in G. Sanger Seventy Years a Showman 20 The whole thing was unabashed ‘spoofery’—clumsy fakes, dried fish, abortions in bottles,..and so on. 1978 G. Mitchell Wraiths & Changelings xv. 147 Ghosts are part of my stock-in-trade..so..I'm up to most of the dodges... The plainsong..was the only artistic effort..attempted in any of the spoofery. < as lemmas |
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