单词 | to play a hunch |
释义 | > as lemmasto play a hunch (also one's hunches) c. transitive. colloquial (originally U.S.). To bet or gamble at or on (races, cards, etc.); to take chances with. to play a hunch (also one's hunches): to take a chance on the basis of a feeling; to back one's instincts. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > betting > bet on [verb (transitive)] back1697 to put one's money on1847 to put one's shirt on1856 play1858 lump1864 lay1877 stand1877 to get on ——1884 to bet (also stake) one's shirt (that)1892 to go a (or the) bundle on1938 society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > games of chance > gamble at a game [verb (transitive)] play1858 1858 De W. C. Peters Life Kit Carson 354 He'd bin playin' the papers (meaning gambling) and had lost everything. 1902 G. H. Lorimer Lett. Merchant 115 When he chooses a father-in-law who plays the bucket shops, he needn't be surprised if his own son plays the races. 1925 E. Wallace King by Night vi. 21 We never say ‘played the races’ here; we say ‘go racing’. 1934 Webster's New Internat. Dict. 1887/1 Play a hunch, to act in, or as in, gambling, upon a hunch. 1941 H. MacInnes Above Suspicion xxii. 220 This was what Henry called playing a hunch; well, he was going to play it as hard as he could. 1958 R. P. Blesh & H. Janis They all played Ragtime iii. 61 With ten to twenty a night in tips, a piano-player had more than he could spend so long as he didn't gamble or play the ponies. 1973 ‘R. MacLeod’ Burial in Portugal iv. 73 He plays the stock market. 1991 J. Sayles Los Gusanos xviii. 160 I'm boxing a six-dollar triangle. With that you can play your hunches, but everything isn't riding on one dog. 1995 Which? Feb. 6/3 ELG told us that around 1,000 people a day are signing up to play foreign lotteries through them. < as lemmas |
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