| 单词 | to shoot craps |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto shoot craps a. A game of chance played with dice; to shoot craps: to play at this game. Also in combinations (see crap n.4). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > games of chance > dice-playing > [noun] > craps crap1843 craps1843 crap shoot1895 society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > games of chance > dice-playing > play at dice [verb (intransitive)] > play craps to shoot craps1903 1843 J. H. Green Exposure Arts & Miseries Gambling 88 The game of craps..is a game lately introduced into New Orleans, and is fully equal to faro in its..ruinous effects. 1850 M. Reid Rifle Rangers I. i. 9 So I stepped inter a shanty whar they wur a playin craps. 1859 G. W. Matsell Rogue's Lexicon 111 Craps or crops, a game peculiar to Boston. 1888 St. Louis Globe Democrat (Farmer) A party of colored deck hands were playing craps. 1902 T. M. Young Amer. Cotton Industry 103 The besetting weakness of the negro is gambling, and his favourite game is ‘craps’. 1903 N.Y. Sun 12 Nov. 1 Two young toughs came along and started to shoot craps. 1922 C. E. Mulford Black Buttes ii. 20 I never saw a redhead yet that could shoot craps worth a damn. 1942 A. Huxley Let. 30 Dec. (1969) 485 All of which has taken us rather far from throwing dice; but the relation between craps and Reality is a real one. < as lemmas |
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