| 单词 | house-caller |
| 释义 | > as lemmashouse-caller C8. In sense A. 14, with sense ‘of or relating to the game of house or bingo’, as house call, house-caller, etc. ΚΠ 1917 A. G. Empey From Fire Step 126 As soon as the estaminet is sufficiently crowded the proprietors of the ‘House Game’ get busy. 1945 Gen 30 June 27/1 The house-caller announced that the amount of the house was two and a half piastres short of ten pounds. 1951 Amer. Speech 26 99/1 The man who runs the game is spoken of as the ‘house’ or the ‘house man’. 1994 Times (Nexis) 16 Dec. One of their cards contained a winning line for the house prize. 2007 P. W. Browning Good Guys wear Blue 2 Apart from the occasional scuffle at the local bingo hall due to a false ‘house’ call there was rarely any trouble. < as lemmas |
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