| 释义 |
ˈpitch-penny U.S.
[f. pitch v.1]
A variety of pitch-and-toss.
1830J. F. Watson Ann. Philadelphia 240 ‘Pitch-penny’..was frequent—to pitch at a white mark on the ground. 1877E. S. Ward Story of Avis 286 Calculating the distance..as he stood playing the game of human pitch-penny with the infant. 1978E. Tidyman Table Stakes i. i. 20 He had persuaded Hochmeir to give him his fifty cents a week in pennies so that he could try to double it in..pitch penny with the newsboys in Howard Square. |