Marco Polon.

Brit.

/ˌmɑːkəʊ ˈpəʊləʊ/, U.S.

/ˌmɑrkoʊ ˈpoʊloʊ/

Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Marco Polo.

Etymology: < the name of Marco Polo, Italian traveller (c1254–1324); the semantic motivation is unclear.

Originally and chiefly U.S.

A type of tag game played in a swimming pool or natural body of water, in which a player who is blindfolded or closing his or her eyes attempts to locate and catch the other players by shouting ‘Marco’ and listening for their replies of ‘Polo’.In quot. 1938: apparently a type of indoor game.

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society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > other specific games > [noun] > others

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Marco Polo1938

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to play chicken1949

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1938 Postville (Iowa) Herald 10 Feb. 8/2 Lola Gordon led the group in the game of marco polo.

1963 Los Angeles Times 30 June e3/1 Playing Marco Polo in the swimming pool, and if you think trying to find four or five squealing young ‘tadpoles’ when your eyes are closed isn't exciting, you haven't tried.

1991 D. F. Wallace in Fiction Internat. Spring 63 Your sister plays Marco Polo near you in the shallows with a group of thin girls from her grade.

2010 Sunday Tel. (Nexis) 18 July (Features section) 3 There would be games of Marco Polo in the pool..and a snooker competition going on downstairs.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	marco polo
释义	Marco Polon. Brit. /ˌmɑːkəʊ ˈpəʊləʊ/, U.S. /ˌmɑrkoʊ ˈpoʊloʊ/ Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Marco Polo. Etymology: < the name of Marco Polo, Italian traveller (c1254–1324); the semantic motivation is unclear. Originally and chiefly U.S. A type of tag game played in a swimming pool or natural body of water, in which a player who is blindfolded or closing his or her eyes attempts to locate and catch the other players by shouting ‘Marco’ and listening for their replies of ‘Polo’.In quot. 1938: apparently a type of indoor game. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > other specific games > [noun] > others sitisota1400 papsea1450 half-bowl1477 pluck at the crow1523 white and black1555 running game1581 blow-pointa1586 hot cocklesa1586 one penny1585 cockelty bread1595 pouch1600 venter-point1600 hinch-pinch1603 hardhead1606 poor and rich1621 rowland-hoe1622 hubbub1634 handicap?a1653 owl1653 ostomachy1656 prelledsa1660 quarter-spellsa1660 yert-point1659 bob-her1702 score1710 parson has lost his cloak1712 drop (also throw) (the) handkerchief1754 French Fox1759 goal1765 warpling o' the green1768 start1788 kiss-in-the-ring1801 steal-clothes1809 steal-coat1816 petits paquets1821 bocce1828 graces1831 Jack-in-the-box1836 hot hand1849 sparrow-mumbling1852 Aunt Sally1858 gossip1880 Tambaroora1882 spoof1884 fishpond1892 nim1901 diabolo1906 Kim's game1908 beaver1910 treasure-hunt1913 roll-down1915 rock scissors paper1927 scissors cut paper1927 scissors game1927 the dozens1928 toad in the hole1930 game1932 scissors paper stone1932 Roshambo1936 Marco Polo1938 scavenger hunt1940 skish1940 rock paper scissors1947 to play chicken1949 sounding1962 joning1970 arcade game1978 1938 Postville (Iowa) Herald 10 Feb. 8/2 Lola Gordon led the group in the game of marco polo. 1963 Los Angeles Times 30 June e3/1 Playing Marco Polo in the swimming pool, and if you think trying to find four or five squealing young ‘tadpoles’ when your eyes are closed isn't exciting, you haven't tried. 1991 D. F. Wallace in Fiction Internat. Spring 63 Your sister plays Marco Polo near you in the shallows with a group of thin girls from her grade. 2010 Sunday Tel. (Nexis) 18 July (Features section) 3 There would be games of Marco Polo in the pool..and a snooker competition going on downstairs. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1938
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