单词 | stuss |
释义 | stussn. New York. Now historical. A gambling game similar to faro (faro n.1). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > games of chance > games of chance played with cards > [noun] > faro > varieties of snap1845 skin faro1871 stuss1894 1894 N.Y. Times 28 Aug. 8/7 When his place was raided on Sunday, seven men were playing stuss, a Russian game. 1912 A. H. Lewis Apaches N.Y. 35 Between them they would divide the harvest of the stuss. 1930 D. Runyon in Sat. Evening Post 5 Apr. 48/3 I do not wish to play stuss. 1975 Way to Play 207/3 Stuss is also known as Jewish faro. It is a simplified form of faro, with a larger percentage in the house's favor. 2003 M. Walsh And All Saints vi. 47 There was different versions of faro, like skin faro, short faro and rolling faro, but east of the Bowery the one most people played was stuss. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1894 |
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