| 单词 | alley taw |
| 释义 | > as lemmasalley taw A toy marble (marble n. 11a), originally one of high quality made from marble or alabaster, later also one made from glass or other material. Also (occasionally) attributive in alley taw. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > children's game > marbles > [noun] > marble > types of nicker1675 alley1720 blood alley1821 commoney1837 Rouge Royal1837 peewee1848 stoney1856 knicker1860 bonce1862 plunker1863 dobber1875 agate1886 mig1886 glassy1887 miggle1890 shooter1892 aggie1896 knuckler1896 milkie1908 ghoen1913 miggie1916 immy1928 glarney1953 1720 Hist. Life & Adventures D. Campbell iv. 65 A large Bag of Marbles and Alleys. 1749 Philos. Trans. 1748 (Royal Soc.) 45 456 Pellets, vulgarly called Alleys, which boys play withal. 1837 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers xxxiii. 358 Enquiring whether he had won any alley tors or commoneys lately. 1865 D. M. Mulock Christian's Mistake 37 An ‘ally taw,’ that is, a real alabaster marble. 1892 I. Zangwill Children of Ghetto (1902) i. ii. 33/2 He also had bags of..marbles, both commoners and alleys. 1932 Boys' Life Mar. 27/1 Today, any kind of a marble is called an alley. 1960 Times 21 July 13/6 From the age of three we get pleasure from collecting, placing, and admiring colourful and shapely objects from Alleys (glass) to Zoos (cardboard). 1974 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 23 Apr. 11/1 You don't see alleys on display anymore in the department stores. Marbles have been replaced by hockey and baseball cards. 2008 Lowell (Mass.) Sun (Nexis) 10 Apr. The game began with one player tossing his alley out onto the ground not far from where the other kids stood. < as lemmas |
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