petits chevaux
/ˌpɛtɪ ʃəˈvəʊz/noun
A gambling game in which bets are placed on mechanically operated horses made to spin round a flag at the centre of a special circular table.
Origin
Late 19th century; earliest use found in Clown. From French petits chevaux from petits, plural of petit + chevaux, plural of cheval horse.
- poison pen letter
- poison pill
- poison pill amendment
- poison plant
- poison register
- poison ring
- poison root
- poisons register
- poisons' register
- poison-thread
- poison-tipped
- poison tree
- poison vine
- poison-weed
- poisonwood
- poisony
- poissarde
- Poisson bracket
- Poisson-distributed
- Poisson distribution
- Poissonian
- Poisson law
- Poisson's equation
- Poisson, Siméon-Denis
- Poisson's law