| 单词 | bye-battle |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbye-battle d. A by-match or ‘event’; one not in the programme. esp. in Cockfighting: in full bye-battle (also transferred and figurative), as distinguished from the ‘main’: see main n.2 3. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > match or competition > [noun] > types of all comersc1450 after-gamea1500 fore-game1594 revenge1616 plate1639 set-to1743 return match1753 bye1754 scrub-race1791 anybody's game (also race, match)1826 return1834 barney1843 bonspiel1858 handicap1861 pennant1865 home-and-home1868 benefit match1871 run-off1873 international1877 American tournament1878 Grand Prix1879 single1884 friendly1885 all-comers1889 pair1890 championship1893 round robin1894 replay1895 Olympiad1896 junior varsity1902 lightning tournament1903 rematch1903 road trip1903 pickup1905 freestyle1906 marathon1908 test1908 Derby1909 scrimmage1910 eliminator1911 twosome1911 triala1914 quadrangular1916 slug-fest1916 varsity match1921 needle contest1922 curtain jerker1923 needle match1923 open1926 needle fight1927 knock-out1928 shirt1930 masters1933 pro-amateur1934 tune-up1934 World Cup1934 pro-am1937 state1941 sizzler1942 runathon1943 mismatch1954 run-out1955 match-up1959 squeaker1961 triple-header1961 Super Bowl1967 invitational1968 needle game1970 major1976 slobberknocker1986 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting or baiting animals > fighting between animals > [noun] > cock-fighting > types of fight Welsh main1744 bye1754 stag-match1758 1716 London Gaz. No. 5429/4 There will be By-Battles,..And in the Afternoon will begin the main Match.] 1754 Connoisseur (1755) No. 30. 178 Our present race of spindle-shanked beaux had rather close with an orange wench at the playhouse, than engage in a bye battle at Tottenham Court. 1859 W. P. Lennox Pict. Sporting Life I. 175 Eleven a-head on the main and byes seven. 1859 W. P. Lennox Pict. Sporting Life I. 175 On the usual fighting night..at the same pit, for bye-battles. 1882 R. Caldecott ‘Graphic’ Picts. I. 13/1 There were carpet-dances on off-nights by way of byes. 1884 Liverpool Daily Post 30 June 6/5 [Cockfighting] Some byes afterwards took place. < as lemmas |
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