英语词汇“tom thumb golf course”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

C2. U.S. attributive. Designating a form of golf played on a small-scale course or a novelty putting course consisting of a variety of obstacles (frequently in Tom Thumb Golf); of or relating to this form of golf, as Tom Thumb golf course, Tom Thumb tournament, etc. Now historical.Tom Thumb golf courses were patented and manufactured by Garnet Carter, proprietor of the Fairyland Inn in Chattanooga Tennessee where the first such course opened in 1928. Tom Thumb golf is now usually called crazy golf, miniature golf, or minigolf.

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1928 N.Y. Times 17 Oct. 28/6 The Gingerbread House of Hansel and Gretel overlooks a Tom Thumb golf course.

1930 La Crosse (Wisconsin) Tribune & Leader-Press 17 Aug. 11/8 Pairings for the mixed doubles of the Tom Thumb tournament..were announced Saturday.

1930 C. Porter Great Indoors in Compl. Lyrics (1983) 102 All my dearest chums to the country go tearing off, to improve their frames playing damn-fool games such as polo and Tom Thumb golf.

1953 Mississippi Valley Hist. Rev. 39 796 The contributions of Chattanooga to life in America have been many, including such unique ones as Tom Thumb Golf.

1995 D. Gelbert Great Delaware Sports Bk. i. 33 In Newark a Tom Thumb course was laid out on the University Green.

2004 T. Hollis Florida's Miracle Strip iv. 88 Carter turned Tom Thumb Golf into a national fad during the early days of the Great Depression.

单词	tom thumb golf course
释义	> as lemmas Tom Thumb golf course C2. U.S. attributive. Designating a form of golf played on a small-scale course or a novelty putting course consisting of a variety of obstacles (frequently in Tom Thumb Golf); of or relating to this form of golf, as Tom Thumb golf course, Tom Thumb tournament, etc. Now historical.Tom Thumb golf courses were patented and manufactured by Garnet Carter, proprietor of the Fairyland Inn in Chattanooga Tennessee where the first such course opened in 1928. Tom Thumb golf is now usually called crazy golf, miniature golf, or minigolf. ΚΠ 1928 N.Y. Times 17 Oct. 28/6 The Gingerbread House of Hansel and Gretel overlooks a Tom Thumb golf course. 1930 La Crosse (Wisconsin) Tribune & Leader-Press 17 Aug. 11/8 Pairings for the mixed doubles of the Tom Thumb tournament..were announced Saturday. 1930 C. Porter Great Indoors in Compl. Lyrics (1983) 102 All my dearest chums to the country go tearing off, to improve their frames playing damn-fool games such as polo and Tom Thumb golf. 1953 Mississippi Valley Hist. Rev. 39 796 The contributions of Chattanooga to life in America have been many, including such unique ones as Tom Thumb Golf. 1995 D. Gelbert Great Delaware Sports Bk. i. 33 In Newark a Tom Thumb course was laid out on the University Green. 2004 T. Hollis Florida's Miracle Strip iv. 88 Carter turned Tom Thumb Golf into a national fad during the early days of the Great Depression. extracted from Tom Thumbn. < as lemmas
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