The action of tossing in a winnowing-fan.
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| 释义 | society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > pitch and toss, etc. > [noun] (22) vanning1606 The action of tossing in a winnowing-fan. pitch-and-chuck1688 Used to form the names of games in which coins or other objects are thrown, usually at a target, as pitch-and-chuck (cf. chuck-farthing, n.), pitch-… pitch-and-hustle1688 Used to form the names of games in which coins or other objects are thrown, usually at a target, as pitch-and-chuck (cf. chuck-farthing, n.), pitch-… chuck-farthing1699 A game of combined skill and chance in which coins were pitched at a mark, and then chucked or tossed at a hole by the player who came nearest the… hustle-cap1709 A form of pitch-and-toss, in which the coins were ‘hustled’ or shaken together in a cap before being tossed. chuck1711 Short for chuck-farthing, n., and apparently extended to other games of the nature of pitch-and-toss. pitch-and-toss1721 A gambling game in which the person who manages to throw a coin closest to a mark gets to toss all the coins, winning those that land with the… pitch-farthing1737 = chuck-farthing, n. pitch1745 = pitch-farthing, n. rare (in later use English regional). chock1819 A children's game in which players attempt to pitch marbles into a hole; (also) the hole into which the marbles are pitched. Cf. chuck, n.3 4. pinch1828 English regional (northern). The game of pitch-and-toss. Now historical and rare. pitch-penny1830 A game similar to pitch-and-toss, in which coins are pitched at a mark. Also in extended use. chuck-hole1837 (a) = chuck-farthing, n.; (b) ‘a deep hole in a waggon-rut’ (Webster); = chock-hole n. (a) at chock, n.2 adv.2compounds. chuck-halfpenny1838 = chuck-farthing, n. toss-halfpenny1848 the tossing of money in gambling, pitch and toss. three-up1851 a game resembling pitch and toss. chuck-button1863 pitch and toss played with buttons. toss-penny1874 = toss-halfpenny n. toss and catch1904 U.S. toss and catch: = pitch-and-toss, n. 1. Subcategories:— playing (1) — player (2) |
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