单词 | to fly the mags |
释义 | > as lemmasto fly the mags c. slang. to fly the mags: see quots. to fly a tile, to knock off a man's hat. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > impact > striking > strike [verb (transitive)] > strike off with a blow > a person's hat to fly a tile1819 slate1864 society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > pitch and toss, etc. > play pitch and toss, etc. [verb (intransitive)] chuck1733 to fly the mags1819 1819 J. H. Vaux New Vocab. Flash Lang. in Memoirs II. 175 Fly the mags, to gamble, by tossing up halfpence. 1825 C. M. Westmacott Eng. Spy II. 158 Another point of amusement is flying a tile, or slating a man, as the phrases of the Stock Exchange describe it. 1834 W. H. Ainsworth Rookwood III. iii. xiii. 165 ‘Fly the mags,’..replied Rust; ‘if heads, we scrag him.’ < as lemmas |
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