| 单词 | three-card |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthree-card three-card adj. pertaining to or played with three cards; three-card monte n. a game of Mexican origin played with three cards (see monte n.1); three-card trick n. (a) a trick popular with race-course sharpers, also known as find the lady, in which a queen and two other cards are spread out face downwards, and bystanders invited to bet which is the queen; (b) = three-card monte n. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > games of chance > games of chance played with cards > [noun] > monte monte1824 three-card monte1854 society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > games of chance > sleight-of-hand games > [noun] thimblerig1825 coddam1830 thimblerigging1839 thimbleriggery1841 three-card trick1887 tip-it1889 shell-game1890 find the lady1918 1854 T. Parker in J. Weiss Life & Corr. T. Parker (1863) II. 134 Three-card-monte men, and gambling-house keepers. 1877 W. Black Green Pastures xiii Five-Ace Jack received a liberal percentage from the three card-monte men who entertained these innocent folks. 1887 J. R. Lowell Tariff Reform in Wks. (1890) VI. 187 They..play their three-card trick. 1938 F. D. Sharpe Sharpe of Flying Squad xviii. 193 Broadsmen, or three card sharpers, kept the Flying Squad busy in its early days. 1973 Times 19 Jan. 3/8 Three-card tricksters are a nuisance. They have someone posted to watch for the police, then they invite people to lay down money on which of three cards..is the ‘lady’. 1979 W. H. Canaway Solid Gold Buddha xxii. 145 Sam was as confused as a yokel watching a three-card artist. 1992 New Republic 20 Apr. 4/3 Brown is hustling these supposedly street-smart voters like a three-card monte operator hustling tourists on Fifth Avenue. < as lemmas |
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