| 单词 | drop the handkerchief |
| 释义 | > as lemmasdrop (also throw) (the) handkerchief drop (also throw) (the) handkerchief n. any of various games in which a person near whom a handkerchief is dropped or to whom one is thrown runs after and tries to catch the person who dropped or threw it. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > other specific games > [noun] > others sitisota1400 papsea1450 half-bowl1477 pluck at the crow1523 white and black1555 running game1581 blow-pointa1586 hot cocklesa1586 one penny1585 cockelty bread1595 pouch1600 venter-point1600 hinch-pinch1603 hardhead1606 poor and rich1621 rowland-hoe1622 hubbub1634 handicap?a1653 owl1653 ostomachy1656 prelledsa1660 quarter-spellsa1660 yert-point1659 bob-her1702 score1710 parson has lost his cloak1712 drop (also throw) (the) handkerchief1754 French Fox1759 goal1765 warpling o' the green1768 start1788 kiss-in-the-ring1801 steal-clothes1809 steal-coat1816 petits paquets1821 bocce1828 graces1831 Jack-in-the-box1836 hot hand1849 sparrow-mumbling1852 Aunt Sally1858 gossip1880 Tambaroora1882 spoof1884 fishpond1892 nim1901 diabolo1906 Kim's game1908 beaver1910 treasure-hunt1913 roll-down1915 rock scissors paper1927 scissors cut paper1927 scissors game1927 the dozens1928 toad in the hole1930 game1932 scissors paper stone1932 Roshambo1936 Marco Polo1938 scavenger hunt1940 skish1940 rock paper scissors1947 to play chicken1949 sounding1962 joning1970 arcade game1978 1754 Catal. Maps, Prints, &c. (W. & C. Dicey) 20 (title of print) The Game of Puss in the Corner and Drop Handkerchief. 1800 Anti-Jacobin Rev. & Mag. Aug. 472 A ‘Blindman's Buff’ along the verdure play, Or ‘drop the Handkerchief’, in quaint array. 1890 J. D. Champlin & A. E. Bostwick Young Folks' Cycl. Games & Sports 725/1 Throw the Handkerchief. A game played by any number of persons, who sit in a circle. 1903 C. Major Forest Hearth iv. 76 We are going to play Drop the Handkerchief, and if you'll come in I'll drop it behind you every time. 1944 G. Wilson Passing Inst. 93 Our liveliest game was Snap, a game that used to seem very exciting but now somewhat resembles Drop the Handkerchief. 1990 St. Petersburg (Florida) Times (Nexis) 3 Jan. 2 As we got older, musical chairs and ‘drop the handkerchief’ gave way to ‘Heavy, heavy what hangs over’. to drop (also throw, fling) the handkerchief (at or to) P1. to drop (also throw, fling) the handkerchief (at or to) and variants: to signify interest in a romantic relationship (with a person); to choose a potential partner. Also figurative.With allusion to the dropping or throwing of a handkerchief in chasing games: see Phrases 2.Now chiefly historical except in figurative use. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > courtship or wooing > court or engage in courtship [verb (intransitive)] > invite courtship to drop (also throw, fling) the handkerchief (at or to)1697 1639 J. Taylor Iuniper Lect. viii. 58 He turne away that fine Mistris Minks your maid,..your nose bled forsooth the other day, and you must needes throw your bloody hand-kerchiffe to her.] 1697 M. Pix Innocent Mistress ii. 17 The Handkercheif dropt, a fair invitation. 1749 H. Walpole Let. 20 July in Corr. (1941) IX. 91 Till all the juries of matrons have finished their inquest, one shall not care to make one's choice—I was going to say, throw one's handkerchief. 1764 H. Walpole Let. 5 June (1904) VI. 78 Lord Tavistock has flung his handkerchief to Lady Elizabeth Keppel. 1785 J. O'Keeffe Fontainbleau ii. 27 So, Mr. Mogul, don't drop your handkerchief at my sister. 1825 R. P. Ward Tremaine II. xxxix. 338 I imagine he must do something more than merely throw his handkerchief. 1830 E. Morton Trav. Russia viii. 398 He considered some of the young ones comely enough, but..Madame B— was the lady at whom he should fling the handkerchief. 1870 E. C. Brewer Dict. Phrase & Fable 384/1 ‘The committee was at a loss to know whom to throw the handkerchief to’ (The Times)..the allusion is to the game called in Norfolk ‘Stir up the dumplings’, and by girls ‘Kiss in the ring’. 1932 Times Lit. Suppl. 16 July 506/3 If he hesitate today whether he shall throw the handkerchief to Germany or Russia, does not such an embarrassment prove his power? 1953 G. Heyer Cotillion iii. 46 Don't want to be married. Drop the handkerchief when he chooses. 2007 K. DeYoung Soldier xi. 221 Jordan knew that Powell was a loyal soldier... ‘But that didn't mean I should not drop the handkerchief.’ < as lemmas |
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