| 单词 | swy-up |
| 释义 | > as lemmasswy-up 2. The game of two-up (see also quot. 1950). Also swy-up. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > games of chance > two up, etc. > [noun] Tommy Dodd1865 odd man wins1884 two-up1898 swy1940 swy game1950 1940 Bulletin (Sydney) 17 Jan. 34/3 The crown-and-anchor seminary he avoids; When swi-up's on, a different direction He takes. 1941 [see sense 1]. 1950 K. S. Prichard Winged Seeds 63 What set the whole town agog, though, was their attempt to visit the ‘swy’: the famous two-up ring on a sand hill near the old Rising Sun Inn. 1953 R. Braddon in I. Bevan Sunburnt Country 127 Swy is a game of chance, requiring the tossing of two or three pennies into the air and the betting of those who watch their rise and fall on whether they come down heads or tails. 1969 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 24 Sept. 1/1 He said two-up (or swy) was Australia's national game. 1976 Sunday Mail (Brisbane) 24 Oct. 16/4 The police know they will never stop goldfielders playing swy. < as lemmas |
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