单词 | cappy-hole |
释义 | † cappy-holen. Scottish. A school-boys' game, in which the object is to throw a marble into a hole. ΚΠ 1605 Session Rec. Ayr 24 Mar. To summon Thomas Smal for playing at ye coppihool in the Kirk-door. c1675 A. Peden Lord's Trumpet Sounding (Jam.) Adam played it [his stock] at the Capie-hole one morning with the Devil at two or three throws at the game. 1722 Life Sc. Rogue 7 in Brand's Pop. Antiq. Great Brit. (1870) II. 304 I was..readier at..Cappy Hole than at my Book. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.1605 |
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