pitch-and-tossn.

Brit.

/ˌpɪtʃ(ə)nˈtɒs/, U.S.

/ˌpɪtʃ(ə)nˈtɔs/,

/ˌpɪtʃ(ə)nˈtɑs/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pitch v.², and conj.¹, toss v.

Etymology: < pitch v.² + and conj.¹ + toss v. Compare earlier pitch-and-hustle at pitch v.² Phrases 2 and slightly later pitch-and-chuck at pitch v.² Phrases 2.In sense 2 rhyming slang for boss n.⁶

a. A gambling game in which the person who manages to throw a coin closest to a mark gets to toss all the coins, winning those that land with the head up; (also) any of various similar games involving flat objects.Scottish: a manoeuvre in the game of knifey (knifey n. (a)).

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society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > pitch and toss, etc. > [noun]

vanning1606

pitch-and-chuck1688

pitch-and-hustle1688

chuck-farthing1699

hustle-cap1709

chuck1711

pitch-and-toss1721

pitch-farthing1737

pitch1745

chock1819

pinch1828

pitch-penny1830

chuck-hole1837

chuck-halfpenny1838

toss-halfpenny1848

three-up1851

chuck-button1863

toss-penny1874

toss and catch1904

society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > children's game > other children's games > [noun] > knifie

mumblety-peg1627

knifey1896

pitch-and-toss1969

1721 T. Sheridan Blunderful Blunder of Blunders 19 This Top, I carry to Play Mug and Gloss, This Bone, I have it to Play Pitch and Toss.

1796 S. Gunning Delves (ed. 2) I. iii. 9 It can be no matter of concern to my readers..in what manner we diverted ourselves, whether by leap-frog, battledore and shuttlecock, or pitch and toss.

1843 C. Dickens Christmas Carol iii. 75 They are good for anything from pitch-and-toss to manslaughter.

1890 Times 16 Sept. 10/4 The charges before the magistrate..playing pitch and toss with pence in the streets.

1899 Jrnl. Anthropol. Inst. 29 116 A tamarind seed..and its silver imitation, lately used in Burma..as a royal plaything in a popular pitch and toss game.

1937 Irish Press 11 Feb. 2/4 The law should be tightened up to prohibit pitch and toss.

1949 P. Newton High Country Days 46 The other four, full of noisy barrack, were playing pitch and toss with a set of old horse shoes.

1969 I. Opie & P. Opie Children's Games vii. 222 Described..by a 10-year-old boy in the Isle of Lewis: ‘“Knifie” is a game for two people... Then try “Pitch and toss”. Stick it in the ground, then try to hit it with the palm of your hand and try to toss it into the air, so that it will land blade first in the earth.’

1985 W. McIlvanney Big Man i. 17 Even pitch-and-toss requires two pennies.

b. figurative and in figurative contexts.

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the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > violent behaviour > [noun] > rough or violent treatment

rudessec1415

rudenessc1450

rudeshipc1450

foulnessa1470

roughness1542

pepper1820

pitch-and-tossa1839

stick1942

roughing1960

a1839 T. H. Bayly Songs, Ballads & Other Poems (1844) II. 45 Old Ocean! thou art much too old, To be so rough and so unsteady... Be calm awhile, and thou'lt reflect; Don't play at pitch and toss for ever.

1866 ‘G. Eliot’ Felix Holt II. xix. 65 Brummagem halfpennies, scamps who want to play pitch and toss with the property of the country.

1922 Jrnl. Afr. Soc. 21 296 There was also a dilapidated rest-house, which the elephants had played pitch and toss with, throwing the grass thatch and rafters everywhere.

1952 C. MacKenzie Rival Monster xvii. 229 If old Waggett writes to Charlie Blundell and tells him I've played pitch and toss with his daughter's heart it might lead to my losing that partnership.

1999 A. Findlay Shale Voices 112 Those to be avoided were the idle, card-playing, dog-racing, pitch-and-toss fraternity of the poor, and their children.

2. slang. = boss n.⁶

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society > authority > control > person in control > [noun] > one who is in charge

gaffera1658

old man1668

governor1783

head woman1799

boss1806

oyakata1818

guv'nor1843

head-worker1846

jossc1860

Guv1861

Maluka1905

big guy1921

skip1921

kingfish1930

boss-man1934

pitch-and-toss1942

honcho1945

head honcho1952

1942 in S. J. Baker Austral. Lang. (1945) xv. 271 A bag of coke comes into th' Sydney Harbour for a dig in th' grave, and finds th' pitch and toss has gone down th' field of wheat.

1960 J. Franklyn Dict. Rhyming Slang 108/1 Pitch and toss, the boss. 20 C. Current in the theatrical world (Lupino Lane).

1992 R. Puxley Cockney Rabbit 148 Pitch and toss, boss. A reference to him or her in charge.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pitch-and-toss
释义	pitch-and-tossn. Brit. /ˌpɪtʃ(ə)nˈtɒs/, U.S. /ˌpɪtʃ(ə)nˈtɔs/, /ˌpɪtʃ(ə)nˈtɑs/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pitch v.², and conj.¹, toss v. Etymology: < pitch v.² + and conj.¹ + toss v. Compare earlier pitch-and-hustle at pitch v.² Phrases 2 and slightly later pitch-and-chuck at pitch v.² Phrases 2.In sense 2 rhyming slang for boss n.⁶ 1. a. A gambling game in which the person who manages to throw a coin closest to a mark gets to toss all the coins, winning those that land with the head up; (also) any of various similar games involving flat objects.Scottish: a manoeuvre in the game of knifey (knifey n. (a)). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > pitch and toss, etc. > [noun] vanning1606 pitch-and-chuck1688 pitch-and-hustle1688 chuck-farthing1699 hustle-cap1709 chuck1711 pitch-and-toss1721 pitch-farthing1737 pitch1745 chock1819 pinch1828 pitch-penny1830 chuck-hole1837 chuck-halfpenny1838 toss-halfpenny1848 three-up1851 chuck-button1863 toss-penny1874 toss and catch1904 society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > children's game > other children's games > [noun] > knifie mumblety-peg1627 knifey1896 pitch-and-toss1969 1721 T. Sheridan Blunderful Blunder of Blunders 19 This Top, I carry to Play Mug and Gloss, This Bone, I have it to Play Pitch and Toss. 1796 S. Gunning Delves (ed. 2) I. iii. 9 It can be no matter of concern to my readers..in what manner we diverted ourselves, whether by leap-frog, battledore and shuttlecock, or pitch and toss. 1843 C. Dickens Christmas Carol iii. 75 They are good for anything from pitch-and-toss to manslaughter. 1890 Times 16 Sept. 10/4 The charges before the magistrate..playing pitch and toss with pence in the streets. 1899 Jrnl. Anthropol. Inst. 29 116 A tamarind seed..and its silver imitation, lately used in Burma..as a royal plaything in a popular pitch and toss game. 1937 Irish Press 11 Feb. 2/4 The law should be tightened up to prohibit pitch and toss. 1949 P. Newton High Country Days 46 The other four, full of noisy barrack, were playing pitch and toss with a set of old horse shoes. 1969 I. Opie & P. Opie Children's Games vii. 222 Described..by a 10-year-old boy in the Isle of Lewis: ‘“Knifie” is a game for two people... Then try “Pitch and toss”. Stick it in the ground, then try to hit it with the palm of your hand and try to toss it into the air, so that it will land blade first in the earth.’ 1985 W. McIlvanney Big Man i. 17 Even pitch-and-toss requires two pennies. b. figurative and in figurative contexts. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > violent behaviour > [noun] > rough or violent treatment rudessec1415 rudenessc1450 rudeshipc1450 foulnessa1470 roughness1542 pepper1820 pitch-and-tossa1839 stick1942 roughing1960 a1839 T. H. Bayly Songs, Ballads & Other Poems (1844) II. 45 Old Ocean! thou art much too old, To be so rough and so unsteady... Be calm awhile, and thou'lt reflect; Don't play at pitch and toss for ever. 1866 ‘G. Eliot’ Felix Holt II. xix. 65 Brummagem halfpennies, scamps who want to play pitch and toss with the property of the country. 1922 Jrnl. Afr. Soc. 21 296 There was also a dilapidated rest-house, which the elephants had played pitch and toss with, throwing the grass thatch and rafters everywhere. 1952 C. MacKenzie Rival Monster xvii. 229 If old Waggett writes to Charlie Blundell and tells him I've played pitch and toss with his daughter's heart it might lead to my losing that partnership. 1999 A. Findlay Shale Voices 112 Those to be avoided were the idle, card-playing, dog-racing, pitch-and-toss fraternity of the poor, and their children. 2. slang. = boss n.⁶ ΘΚΠ society > authority > control > person in control > [noun] > one who is in charge gaffera1658 old man1668 governor1783 head woman1799 boss1806 oyakata1818 guv'nor1843 head-worker1846 jossc1860 Guv1861 Maluka1905 big guy1921 skip1921 kingfish1930 boss-man1934 pitch-and-toss1942 honcho1945 head honcho1952 1942 in S. J. Baker Austral. Lang. (1945) xv. 271 A bag of coke comes into th' Sydney Harbour for a dig in th' grave, and finds th' pitch and toss has gone down th' field of wheat. 1960 J. Franklyn Dict. Rhyming Slang 108/1 Pitch and toss, the boss. 20 C. Current in the theatrical world (Lupino Lane). 1992 R. Puxley Cockney Rabbit 148 Pitch and toss, boss. A reference to him or her in charge. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † pitch-and-tossv. Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: pitch-and-toss n. Etymology: < pitch-and-toss n.Compare the following quot. (which N.E.D.(1907) treated as an instance of an intransitive verbal phrase in the sense ‘to play at pitch-and-toss’): 1849 S. Bamford Early Days xvi. 168 There's a deal o' sin committed thereabeawts; pitchin', an' tossin', an' drinkin', an' beawlin', i' Summer time. Obsolete. rare. transitive. To throw about. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > impelling or driving > projecting through space or throwing > throw [verb (transitive)] > about to throw aboutc1400 pitch-and-toss1882 1882 M. E. Braddon Mt. Royal I. ii. 67 No scattered sheets of music—no fancy-work pitch-and-tossed about the room. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < n.1721v.1882
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pitch-and-tossn.

† pitch-and-tossv.