| 单词 | king arthur |
| 释义 | > as lemmasKing Arthur 6. In the names of various games (esp. children's games), as King Arthur, King Caesar, King I am, King of Cantland, etc. Also: the leading or central person in such games.See also king of the castle n. b at Phrases 3a(a), king of the hill n. b at Phrases 3a(e). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > shipboard games > [noun] dilly-dally1698 King Arthur1785 shovel-board1836 sling the monkey1838 horse-billiards1869 deck quoits1907 deck tennis1927 society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > children's game > other children's games > [noun] > others buckle-pit1532 marrowbone1533 put-pin?1577 primus secundus1584 fox in the hole1585 haltering of Hick's mare1585 muss1591 pushpin1598 Jack-in-the-box1600 a penny in the forehead1602 buckerels1649 bumdockdousse1653 peck-point1653 toro1660 wheelbarrow1740 thread-needle1751 thrush-a-thrush1766 runaway ring?1790 Gregory1801 pick-point1801 fighting cocks1807 runaway knock1813 tit-tat-toe1818 French and English1820 honeypots1821 roly-poly1821 tickle-tail1821 pottle1822 King of Cantland1825 tip-top-castle1834 tile1837 statue1839 chip stone1843 hen and chickens1843 king of the castle1843 King Caesar1849 rap-jacket1870 old witch1881 tick-tack-toe1884 twos and threes1896 last across (the road)1904 step1909 king of the hill1928 Pooh-sticks1928 trick or treat1928 stare-you-out1932 king of the mountain1933 dab cricket1938 Urkey1938 trick-or-treating1941 seven-up1950 squashed tomato1959 slot-racing1965 Pog1993 knights- 1681 Heraclitus Ridens 12 Apr. 2/1 I thought to have gone to telling of Winter Tales, Once upon a time, &c. or to Cross purposes, or King I am, or some such pretty diversion. 1709 Useful Trans. in Philos. Jan.–Feb. 43 [The Greeks] had likewise their Basilinda, representing our Questions and Commands, or King I am. 1785 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue King Arthur, a game used at sea... It is performed thus: a man who is to represent king Arthur..is seated on the side or over a large vessel of water, every person in his turn is to be ceremoniously introduced to him, and to pour a bucket of water over him, crying hail king Arthur! 1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. II. 18/1 King of Cantland, a game of children, in which one of a company being chosen King o' Cantland, and two goals appointed.., all the rest endeavour to run from the one goal to the other [etc.]. 1849 Boy's Own Bk. (new ed.) 36 King Cæsar,...Should the King..succeed in intercepting one of them [sc. the other players], he claps him on the head with his hand three times, and each time repeats the words, ‘I crown thee, King Cæsar’. 1854 C. H. Waterman tr. Bk. Parlour Games 33 The Elements, choose a king of this game, in whose hands a ball of thread is placed, [etc.] 1916 N. Douglas London Street Games 5 There are other ball-games, such as hot rice..and king and missings out. 1969 I. Opie & P. Opie Children's Games iii. 140 The Victorian schoolboys' excuse for a rough-house called ‘King Caesar’ or ‘Rushing Bases’. 1969 V. Bartlett Past of Pastimes v. 62 The names of several London games listed by Norman Douglas have historical origins. Among them are King Caesar, King of the Barbary.., and Chinese orders. 2001 Gaggle of Giggles & Games 78 The Great Garbage Game,...Each team will try to dethrone the other team's king or queen by throwing garbage at them (paper balls). < as lemmas |
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