| 单词 | to sell one's stone |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto sell one's stone f. To lose (a match, game) for a bribe. to sell one's back, (Wrestling) to be bribed to allow oneself to be thrown. to sell one's stone, (Curling) ‘to throw away the advantage of a well-placed stone’ ( Eng. Dial. Dict.). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > winning, losing, or scoring > win, lose, or score [verb (intransitive)] > lose for bribe sell1862 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > wrestling > wrestle [verb (intransitive)] > be thrown for a bribe to sell one's back1880 1805 G. McIndoe Poems & Songs 55 Dinna ride, Nor sell your stane by playing wide. 1862 Frederick Lillywhite's Cricket Scores & Biogr. Cricketers I. 341 This match was said to have been ‘sold’ by the England side. 1880 M. A. Courtney W. Cornwall Words in M. A. Courtney & T. Q. Couch Gloss. Words Cornwall at Faggot In wrestling, a man who ‘sells his back’ is said ‘to faggot’. < as lemmas |
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