| 单词 | family coach |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfamily coach family coach n. now historical and rare (a) a large closed carriage designed for the private use of a family; (b) (usually with the and capital initials, and sometimes preceded by old) a parlour game in which one player tells a story about such a coach, and the remaining players must, under penalty of a forfeit, stand up when certain parts of the coach are mentioned. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > parlour and party games > [noun] > forfeit games follow the (also my) leader1776 Jack's alive1822 turn-trencher1838 snapping tongs1844 family coach1851 ken1890 1709 London Gaz. No. 4522/2 That Coach was preceded by his Majesty's Family-Coaches. 1851 S. Warner Wide Wide World II. xxix. 11 They played the Old Family Coach. 1919 E. R. Murray & H. B. Smith Child under Eight xviii. 165 For the acquisition of a vocabulary, such a game as the Family Coach might be played. 1928 L. Stockett Baltimore xviii. 300 Small boys in pea-jackets and frilled shirts rode fat ponies, having much ado to keep up with the family coach. < as lemmas |
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