| 单词 | odd and even |
| 释义 | > as lemmasodd and even ΚΠ ?c1450 Life St. Cuthbert (1891) l. 4957 All ȝone oste, bathe euen and od. a1475 Sidrak & Bokkus (Laud) (1998) I. l. 507 He shulde..foryeven hym even and odde That he hadde doone. 1570 in J. Cranstoun Satirical Poems Reformation (1891) I. xx. 120 Tratours kene That ithandly hes streuin For to deface the nobill race Of Stewarts, od and euin. odd and even b. odds and (also or) evens (also odd and even, odd or even): any of various games, usually played by children, esp. a guessing game involving a random number of objects concealed in a player's hand. Now chiefly archaic, U.S., and British regional. †to go odd or even: to play such a game as a means of determining something (obsolete).See also earlier even or odd at even adj.1 and n.2 Phrases 4d. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > games of chance > other games of chance > [noun] even or odd1538 love1585 Jack-in-the-box?1593 under-hat1629 pluck-penny1643 morra1659 catch-dolt1674 shuffle-cap1712 fair chance1723 E O1751 teetotum1753 rondo1821 cut-throat1823 hop-my-fool1824 odds and evens1841 spin-'em-round1851 halfpenny under the hat1853 racehorses1853 fan-tan1878 tan1883 pakapoo1886 legality1888 petits chevaux1891 pai gow1906 boule1911 put and take1921 c1625 T. Heywood tr. Ovid De Arte Amandi iii. 80 To passe the night at balliards till eleauen, At pickapandie, cards, or odd or euen. 1746 P. Francis & W. Dunkin tr. Horace Satires ii. iii. 255 Suppose, in childish Architecture skill'd, A bearded Sage his Castle-Cottage build; Play odd and even; ride his reedy Cane, And yoke his harness'd Mice, 'tis Madness plain. 1796 F. Reynolds Fortune's Fool v. 66 Here (putting money in his hand, and shutting it.)—odd or even for a hundred. 1820 W. Tooke in tr. Lucian Lucian of Samosata I. 549 (note) Some games that were in use at Athens, as dice, cockal, odd and even. 1841 C. Dickens Barnaby Rudge xxxvii. 149 They presently fell to pitch and toss, chuck-farthing, odd or even. a1869 C. Spence From Braes of Carse (1898) 93 Ye who have often played with Will At odds and evens for a gill. 1870 T. Archer in Routledge's Every Boy's Ann. Suppl. 22 I'll be bound he isn't in his room at all; come, let's go odd or even who shall go and see. 1908 Judge's Libr. Mar. (caption) Well, mate, let's go odd or even to see who's got to eat it. 1953 P. G. Brewster Amer. Nonsinging Games 7 Odd or Even, This game is to be found in all parts of the country. 1969 I. Opie & P. Opie Children's Games vi. 186 The most common of these races is ‘Odds and Evens’, in which the starter..calls out either ‘Odd’ or ‘Even’, and a number. 1972 R. Adams Watership Down xxxi. 236 A very simple kind of gambling, on the lines of ‘Odds or Evens’. 1980 Globe & Mail (Toronto) (Nexis) 20 May ‘But what..was the game they were playing?’ ‘Odd or even... Betting on whether the chapter that comes up when you flip will be odd or even.’ 1991 J. Phillips You'll never eat Lunch in this Town Again (1992) 107 We shoot best two-out-of-three odds and evens every night for who has to sleep in the drawer. 2004 N.Y. Times 26 Jan. b2/5 Me: ‘Let's choose for it. Odds and evens?’ Him: ‘No. Rock paper.’ < as lemmas |
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