moccasin game
chiefly Canadian and historical
noun
A gambling game originating among North American Indians (especially in Canada), in which players attempt to guess the number of small objects hidden in a moccasin; (also) a game in which an object is hidden inside one of several moccasins, and players attempt to guess which one.
Origin
Mid 19th century; earliest use found in Charles Lanman (1819–1895).
- take someone's breath away
- take someone's name in vain
- take someone/something in hand
- take someone's (or one's own) life
- take someone's point
- take someone's word (for it)
- take someone/thing by surprise
- take someone/thing out
- take someone/thing seriously
- take someone to law
- take someone to task
- take someone to the cleaners
- take someone to the woodshed
- take someone up
- take someone up on
- take some (or a lot of) beating
- take something amiss
- take something apart
- take something as read
- take something away
- take something back
- take something by storm
- take something down
- take something forward
- take something ill