单词 | gambling practice |
释义 | > as lemmasgambling practice a. General attributive, as gambling addiction, gambling practice, gambling spree, etc. ΚΠ 1785 W. Cowper Tirocinium in Task 246 Some sneaking virtue lurks in him, no doubt, Where neither strumpets' charms, nor drinking-bout, Nor gambling practices, can find it out. View more context for this quotation 1831 Lincoln Herald 7 Oct. 4/4 Gambling set-outs of every description. 1844 Rep. Sel. Comm. Gaming 210 in Parl. Papers VI. 211 I seized a roulette-wheel and a quantity of gambling apparatus. 1871 McBride's Mag. Sept. 267/1 But already this gambling practice [sc. lottery] was falling into disrepute. 1887 Galveston (Texas) Daily News 7 Nov. 1/2 (headline) A gambling spree ends in the probably fatal shooting of a young man near Mount Pleasant. 1905 Daily Chron. 17 Aug. 4/4 The thirst for money prizes and the gambling craze. 1922 Amer. City Mag. Oct. 317/1 One that does not have crooked devices among the gambling paraphernalia is indeed an exception. 1947 Nevada State Jrnl. 18 Sept. 14/4 Six per cent. of the people employed in Reno and Sparks work for the gambling industry. 1972 G. P. Seng If we dream too Long v. 40 The thrills of their gambling sessions once a year with ang pow money at Chinese New Year. 1984 A. Morawetz & G. Walker Brief Therapy with Single-parent Families viii. 193 He had had a severe gambling problem and..had ‘blown’ all the family's hard-earned savings. 2001 Sun 27 Jan. 29/3 The postie..used the children's gift money to fund his gambling addiction. < as lemmas |
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