单词 | to pack cards with |
释义 | > as lemmasto pack cards with 3. transitive. To arrange or shuffle (playing cards) in such a way as to cheat or secure a fraudulent advantage. In later use chiefly in to pack cards with: (figurative) to enter into a cheating arrangement with. Now rare (chiefly archaic in later use).The usage illustrated in quot. 1927 is U.S. regional, and may not belong here. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > collusion, intrigue > conspire, intrigue [verb (intransitive)] > with cheating arrangement cast booty1575 to pack cards with1575 perjure booty1678 society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > card-sharping or cheating > cheat someone at cards [verb (transitive)] > methods of cheating pack1575 palm1671 spur1674 slip1807 stack1825 pass1859 stock1864 riffle1891 1575 T. Churchyard 1st Pt. Chippes sig. Giii They packe the cards, and playe most filthy pranckes. 1593 T. Churchyard Challenge 51 Practising to packe the Cards, and cogge the Dice. 1615 F. Bacon Speech Undertakers in Wks. (1879) I. 498/1 Some shall be thought practisers that would pluck the cards, and others shall be thought papists that would shuffle the cards... The king were better call for a new pair of cards, than play upon these if they be packed. a1616 W. Shakespeare Antony & Cleopatra (1623) iv. xv. 19 Shee Eros has Packt Cards with Cæsars, and false plaid my Glory Vnto an Enemies triumph. 1709 D. Manley Secret Mem. 200 Laurentina had so well pack'd the Cards that she was almost sure of the Game. 1753 Scots Mag. Oct. 492/1 I learned to pack cards and to cog a dye. 1868–9 R. Browning Poet. Wks. (1888–94) VIII. 217 'T is my Trial that bites Like a corrosive, so the cards are packed, Dice loaded, and my life-stake tricked away! 1890 J. H. McCarthy French Revol. II. 76 The poor King tried..to pack cards with fortune. 1905 ‘M. Field’ Borgia v. v. 159 You packed cards with him to save your Duchy, Vicariate and Gonfaloniership. 1927 Amer. Speech 2 352/2 They packed the deal on the other players. < as lemmas |
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