单词 | racing game |
释义 | > as lemmasracing game racing game n. (a) = race game n. at race n.1 Compounds 2; (b) colloquial the sport of horse racing. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > board game > other board games > [noun] > horseracing game racing game1857 race game1865 steeplechase1892 1857 O. W. Le Vert Souvenirs of Trav. I. vi. 50 There was music and cards, and the favorite English racing game. 1890 C. M. Yonge More Bywords 154 The ‘racing game’,..which was now spread on the dining~table, with all the young people playing in high glee. 1891 N.Y. Times 25 July The same man runs the racing game at Monmouth Park and Morris Park, and our dollars are going to pay for..a few breeding farms here and in England. 1965 F. Hardy Yarns of Billy Borker 70 (title) The greatest slanter in the history of the racing game. 1996 Beaver (Nexis) Sept. 18 Confidence men were a common element at the race track. Superstitions were another element of the Victorian racing game. < as lemmas |
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