| 单词 | on the gamble |
| 释义 | > as lemmason the gamble a. A spell or bout of gambling. Also occasionally in on the gamble. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > doing > [noun] > spell or bout of action turnc1230 heatc1380 touch1481 pluck?1499 push?1560 bout1575 yoking1594 pull1667 tirl1718 innings1772 go1784 gamble1785 pop1839 run1864 gang1879 inning1885 shot1939 1785 G. A. Bellamy Apol. Life II. lii. 186 We three had made a party for the evening, which was to commence early, that we might have a long gamble as he termed it. 1879 F. S. Bridges Round World in Six Months 138 Many English come here..to get fresh air and indulge in a gamble. 1887 H. R. Haggard Jess ii. 16 Her brute of a husband was away on the drink and gamble. 1896 Jrnl. Soc. Arts 13 Mar. 380/2 [They] would start work again the next morning for another year, with the prospect of another night's gamble at the end of it. 1942 J. Gardiner Let. Jan. in Class Apart (1992) 107/1 Darling I had a gamble on the ship and I won £3 and a bit more and the lads and I had a drink and got drunk with it on lager. 2010 M. Dare London to Las Vegas playing Roulette 97 The second day we went down the Boulder Highway to the Hoover Dam, stopping off for a quick gamble at the Railroad Cross casino. < as lemmas |
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