| 单词 | hand in and hand out |
| 释义 | > as lemmashand in and hand out hand in and hand out n. now historical a ball game played in the 15th and 16th centuries; cf. hand-out n.1 1.It is uncertain whether later references have any independent authority, or simply reflect sources that refer back ultimately to quot. 1478. Sometimes identified (as in quots. 1927 and 2002) with games that were the precursors of baseball and cricket, but since the keepership of the game of hand-out was lucrative enough to have been worth granting by royal patent in the reign of Henry VIII, the game must have been wagered on, and this suggests that it was more like real tennis (on which large wagers were made in the 1530s) than a popular team game. Cf. the much later hand-in n. and hand-out n.1 2. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > handball, etc. > [noun] > other handball games cache1444 hand in and hand out1478 cachepell1539 hand-out1540 knappan1573 wind-ball1578 balloon?1591 bord-and-cord1591 hurlingc1600 pize-balla1796 trigon1842 pallone1859 push-ball1895 throwball1895 punchball1908 wallyball1982 1478 Rolls of Parl.: Edward IV (Electronic ed.) Parl. Jan. 1478 §29. m. 3 Dyvers newe ymagyned pleys called closshe, keyles, halfbowle, handyn and handowte, and quekeborde. 1607 J. Cowell Interpreter sig. Ll3 Hand in and Hand out,..is the name of an vnlawful game. 1898 Badminton Mag. Apr. 370 The playing of hand-ball, hand in and hand out, and all the kindred pastimes to which the soul of boyhood is certain to addict itself. 1927 Notes & Queries 23 July 67 Hand in and Hand Out or some other early form of cricket. 2002 D. Block in S. McAfee Dickson Baseball Dict. (2009) 610/2 The medieval bat-and-ball game ‘hand-in and hand-out’, which was similar to the game ‘cat and dog’. < as lemmas |
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