单词 | anti-betting |
释义 | > as lemmasanti-betting anti-betting adj. Brit. /ˌantɪˈbɛtɪŋ/ , U.S. /ˌæn(t)iˈbɛdɪŋ/ , /ˌænˌtaɪˈbɛdɪŋ/ , /ˌæn(t)əˈbɛdɪŋ/ ΚΠ 1838 Hagerstown (Maryland) Mail 14 Sept. After boasting and bragging at a round rate, in the presence of an anti-betting Loco Foco, [he] bantered for a bet of Twenty Dollars, that [etc.]. 1905 Daily Chron. 13 July 5/5 (headline) Anti-betting campaign. 2000 Jrnl. Social Hist. 33 590 Most anti-betting pamphlets of the 1860s claimed that betting ‘victims’ tended to be the ‘inexperienced youths of all classes’. < as lemmas |
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