| 单词 | to shake the elbow |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto shake the elbow e. to shake the elbow: to play at dice (arch). †knight of the elbow: a gambler. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > games of chance > [noun] > player of games of chance tavlereOE playera1387 gamera1450 adventurer1474 gamester1549 come you seven1605 tableman1608 knight of the elbow1705 sitter1748 gambler1784 gamestress1828 playman1844 sport1856 spieler1859 punter1860 tiger-hunter1896 society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > games of chance > dice-playing > play at dice [verb (intransitive)] taveleOE dicec1440 rifle1590 to shake the elbow1705 jeff1837 to touch ivory1864 to roll (the, them) bones1891 1705 T. Hearne Remarks & Coll. 26 Nov. (1885–6) I. 100 Money which..he squander'd away in shaking his Elbow. 1760 T. Brown Wks. II. 46 Knight of the elbow. 1826 J. Wilson Noctes Ambrosianae xxv, in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Apr. 498 Many good and great men have shook the elbow. < as lemmas |
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