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单词 cappy-hole
释义

cappy-holen.

Forms: pre-1700 1800s capie-hole, pre-1700 coppi-hool, pre-1700 coppie-hoall, 1700s cappy-hole, 1800s kypie-hole.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: cap n.3, -y suffix6, hole n..
Etymology: < cap n.3 + -y suffix6 + hole n.
Scottish.
A school-boys' game, in which the object is to throw a marble into a hole.
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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).
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