| 单词 | gin rummy |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgin rummy gin rummy n. originally U.S. a form of rummy (rummy n.3) in which a player holding cards totalling ten or less may end the game by laying down his or her cards. [The origin of the name is unclear, and it is not certain that it shows the name of the drink, although it possibly puns on whisky-poker n. at whisky n.1 Compounds 2 and possibly also on a folk-etymological association of rummy n.3 with the drink rum n.2 D. Parlett Oxf. Guide Card Games (1990) 146 mentions poker gin and gin poker as slightly earlier names of the same game, but little evidence for these terms is available.] ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > other card games > [noun] > rummy, etc. rum1871 coon-can1889 panguingue1904 rummy1910 pan1935 gin rummy1937 Michigan rum1942 Oklahoma rummy1945 gin1946 canasta1948 Oklahoma1948 1937 Cleveland (Ohio) Plain Dealer 26 Dec. 5 b/1 Dishes washed and stowed on the shelf by the stove, we gathered about the table and played ‘gin’ rummy. It's a form of rummy. 1965 M. Spark Mandelbaum Gate vii. 253 She found her playing gin rummy with Ruth Gardnor. 2006 New Yorker 11 Sept. 31/2 The spot on the porch where the family liked to sit and play gin rummy. < as lemmas |
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