单词 | little cass |
释义 | > as lemmaslittle cass A card game in which the ten of diamonds, called great cassino (or great cass) counts two points, and the two of spades, called little cassino (or little cass) counts one; eleven points constituting the game. Also attributive, as cassino table. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > other card games > [noun] > casino cassino1792 cass1811 1792 W. Roberts Looker-on No. 18. 143 A large party at Faro and Cassino was made..at a great house in Piccadilly. 1800 J. Austen Let. 20 Nov. (1995) 62 A whist & a casino table. 1811 J. Austen Sense & Sensibility II. i. 15 Lady Middleton proposed a rubber of cassino to the others. View more context for this quotation 1811 E. Nares Thinks I to Myself (1816) II. 132 Two whist, cassino, or quadrille tables will dispose of four couple..Great cass, little cass, and the spades, Ma'am. < as lemmas |
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