| 释义 |
‖ sixieme Obs. rare.
Also sixiesm.
[F. sixième († sixiesme, etc.), f. six six.]
A sequence of six cards at piquet. sixieme major, one consisting of ace, king, queen, knave, ten, and nine.
1663Dryden Wild Gallant iv. i, 'Twas won fairly: a Sixieme, and Fourteen by Aces. Ibid., 14 by Aces, and a Sixieme Major. 1674Cotton Compl. Gamester (1680) 60 You must reckon..for a Sixiesm sixteen. |