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单词 to ring the bull
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to ring the bull
b. to ring the bull: to play the game of ringing the bull (see Phrases 2a). Now rare.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > quoits > games resembling quoits > play game [verb (intransitive)]
to ring the bull1838
1838 D. Jerrold Men of Char. II. xviii. 305 After that, he must visit the gypsies; then he must ring-the-bull.
1862 R. W. Procter Our Turf, our Stage, & our Ring i. 20 I did not choose to ring the bull, or prick the garter;—to shake with dice at over and under, or toy with a pea in a labyrinth of thimbles.
1919 C. Guha Mod. Anglo-Bengali Dict. (2007) 1829/3 To ring the bull.
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