单词 | irish sweep |
释义 | > as lemmasIrish Sweep Irish Sweep n. colloquial = Irish Sweepstake n.; also in extended use. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > betting > [noun] > Irish sweepstake Irish Sweep1930 1930 Daily Northwestern (Oshkosh, Wisconsin) 26 July 15/4 The new Irish sweep, which is to be drawn on the November handicap. 1933 W. S. Maugham Sheppey i. 12 Did you have a ticket for the Irish Sweep? 1937 G. Greene Coll. Ess. (1969) iv. 425 The great muted chromium shadows wait..the novelist's Irish sweep: money for no thought, for the banal situation and the inhuman romance. 1965 N. Gulbenkian Pantaraxia viii. 152 Although I was not a gambler, I did buy a ticket in the first Irish Sweep. 2008 H. Newhard Lifeletter ix. 119 We got lucky again. I should have played the Irish Sweeps. < as lemmas |
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