| 释义 |
† ˈcappy-hole Sc.
Also capie-hole, coppihool, coppiehoall.
A school-boys' game, in which the object is to throw a marble into a hole.
1605Session Rec. Ayr 24 Mar., To summon Thomas Smal for playing at y⊇ coppihool in the Kirk-door. c1675A. Peden Lord's Trump. (Jam.) Adam played it [his stock] at the Capie-hole one morning with the Devil at two or three throws at the game. 1722Life Sc. Rogue 7 in Brand Pop. Antiq. (1870) II. 304, I was..readier at..Cappy Hole than at my Book. |