| 单词 | to run a coup |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto run a coup 3. Billiards. The act of holing a ball without its first striking another ball, which occasions a forfeit. Esp. in to run a coup. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > billiards, pool, or snooker > [noun] > actions or types of play raking1674 coup1744 Whitechapel play1755 bricole1775 trailing1775 star1839 cannoning1841 safety1844 spotting1849 billiard-sharping1865 stringing1873 safety play1896 potting1909 1744 ‘J. Love’ Cricket i. 5 Or when the Ball, close cushion'd, slides askew, And to the op'ning Pocket runs, a Cou. 1834 M. Edgeworth Helen I. xv. 133 He..took his antagonist's ball for his own, ran a coup, and finished in a passion by tearing the cloth with his cue. 1850 H. G. Bohn et al. Hand-bk. Games 608 The player may lose a life..by running a coup. 1861 Chambers's Encycl. II. 98/2 The points of the game are..1 for a miss,..and 3 for ‘running a coo’. 1873 J. Bennett & ‘Cavendish’ Billiards 5 A miss lost one and a coup three. 1908 Strand Mag. Feb. 194 All that it is necessary to do is to run a coup with the cue ball into the centre pocket. < as lemmas |
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