| 单词 | write booty |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswrite booty a. to play booty: To join with confederates in order to ‘spoil’ or victimize another player; to play into the hands of confederates in order to share the ‘plunder’ with them; hence to play or act falsely so as to gain a desired object; esp. to play badly intentionally in order to lose the game. So (obsolete) to bowl, cast booty, perjure booty, talk booty, write booty. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > collusion, intrigue > conspire, intrigue [verb (intransitive)] > with cheating arrangement cast booty1575 to pack cards with1575 perjure booty1678 1575 J. Awdely Fraternitye of Vacabondes (new ed.) sig. B1v And consent as though they wil play booty against him. 1591 R. Greene Second Pt. Conny-catching sig. A4 The bowlers cast euer booty, and doth win or loose as the bet of the Gripe doth lead them. 1622 J. Mabbe tr. M. Alemán Rogue i. 222 Wee are three of vs, let vs all play booty, and joyne together to coozen the Cardinall. 1650 A. Weldon Court & Char. King James 99 Some of them played booty, and in truth, the Game was not plaid above board. 1676 G. Etherege Man of Mode iii. i. 34 What think you of playing it on booty? Har. What do you mean? Y. Bell. Pretend to be in love with one another. 1678 S. Butler Ladies Answer to Knight in Hudibras: Third Pt. 273 Can own the same thing, and Disown, And Perjure booty, Pro and Con. 1771 P. Parsons Newmarket I. 108 Bribing the rider to play booty, to lose the race. 1813 Examiner 17 May 319/1 I gave a jockey a handsome premium to play booty. 1831 B. Disraeli Young Duke III. iv. vi. 50 One thing alone remained to be lost—what he called his honour, which was already on the scent to play booty. < as lemmas |
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