单词 | pin and girdle |
释义 | > as lemmaspin and girdle 5. pin and girdle: a swindling game, ‘prick the garter’ (see garter n. 5, 7). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > games of chance > fast and loose > [noun] fast and loose1578 pin and girdle1710 garter1826 strap-game1847 trick of (also o') (the) loop1886 1710 S. Palmer Moral Ess. Prov. 209 'Tis astonishing that a young gentleman, bred five or six years in our own universities, shou'd..be drawn in..by those common known cheats of the pin and girdle. < as lemmas |
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