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单词 gentleman's palsy
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gentleman's palsy
gentleman's palsy n. humorous Obsolete the habitual shaking of a dice or a dice-box.
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gentleman's palsy1608
1608 Yorkshire Trag. sig. C2 To mae a man draw thrice three thousand acres into the compasse of a little round table, & with the gentlemans palsy in the hand shake out his posteritie, thieues or beggars.
1670 Life & Death of Ralph Wallis 14 The Brothers, might let a certain Tremulation, call'd the Gentlemans Palsie, seize upon their Elbows, and every one take his turn at Hazard.
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