| 单词 | catch the ten |
| 释义 | > as lemmascatch the ten 4. A playing-card marked with ten pips. catch the ten , a card game played in Scotland in which the ten of trumps may be taken by any honour-card, and counts ten points, the game being a hundred. long ten, the ten of trumps in this game: cf. long trump n. at long adj.1 and n.1 Compounds 4a. See also quot. ?1870. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > card or cards > [noun] > number card > others twoa1500 cater1519 single ten1595 ten1595 eight1598 four1599 nine1599 six1599 seven1656 deuce1674 five1674 trey1680 spot1830 four-spot1878 two-spot1885 five-spot1913 ten-spot ladybird- 1595 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 3 v. i. 43 But whilst he sought to steale the single ten, The king was finelie fingerd from the decke. 1680 C. Cotton Compl. Gamester (ed. 2) xv. 94 The rest follow in preheminence thus; the King, the Queen, the Knave, the Ten. 1680 C. Cotton Compl. Gamester (ed. 2) xvi. 97 You are not to play a ten first. 1816 W. Scott Old Mortality xii, in Tales of my Landlord 1st Ser. IV. 260 These were Claver'se's lads a while syne, and wad be again, maybe, if he had the lang ten in his hand. ?1870 F. Hardy & J. R. Ware Mod. Hoyle 77 The court-cards and the ten of each suit count ten, and they are all indiscriminately spoken of as ‘tens’ during the game. 1887 P. McNeill Blawearie 146 They are playing at ‘catch the ten’, the stake being a few pence a-head. < as lemmas |
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