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单词 bingo
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bingon.1

Brit. /ˈbɪŋɡəʊ/, U.S. /ˈbɪŋɡoʊ/
Etymology: Apparently a humorous formation from B. for ‘brandy’ (compare ‘B. and S.’) and stingo n.
A slang term for brandy.
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the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > distilled drink > brandy > [noun]
brandya1640
bingo1699
eau-de-vie1748
O.D.V.1839
jack-a-dandy1857
1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Bingo, c. Brandy. Bingo-boy, c. a great Drinker or Lover thereof. Bingo-club, c. a set of Rakes, Lovers of that Liquor.
?1750 Apol. Life Mr. Bampfylde-Moore Carew (ed. 2) 337 Bingo-Mort, a female drunkard, a she brandy drinker.
1839 G. W. M. Reynolds Pickwick Abroad xxvi. 224 From morn to night we'll booze a ken, And we'll pass the bingo round.
1861 T. Hughes Tom Brown at Oxf. II. xvii. 325 Some soda water with a dash of bingo clears one's head in the morning.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

bingon.2

Brit. /ˈbɪŋɡəʊ/, U.S. /ˈbɪŋɡoʊ/
Etymology: Of obscure origin, but compare bingo int.
A modern development of lotto n.1 (sense 1), often played in public halls, etc., for prizes. Also attributive.
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society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > games of chance > bingo or lotto > [noun]
lotto1778
keno1814
house1900
housey-housey1916
bingo1936
hoy1965
1936 Time 21 Dec. 26/2 In many a U.S. Catholic diocese during the past few years the simple gambling game of bingo..has served as a prime money-raiser.
1949 N. Streatfeild Painted Garden vi. 57 Such heavenly things were happening on deck... There was a game called Bingo.
1953 Oxf. Mail 21 Nov. 4/9 For some time now Bingo drives have been gaining in popularity at Oxford social gatherings. Bingo..is very closely akin to what used to be known as ‘Housey Housey’.
1958 Economist 29 Nov. 798/1 While the essential elements of the game have provided amusement and diversion for centuries, bingo was named and introduced as a modern parlour game in 1929 by a toy manufacturer, Mr. Edwin Lowe. Each player has a card with 25 numbers between 1 and 75 arranged in a square, and the first to get five in a row as the numbers are called out cries ‘bingo’.
1964 A. Wykes Gambling x. 250 British entrepreneurs have converted most of the nation's failing cinemas into thriving bingo halls.

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bingo wings n. slang folds of loose skin or fat which hang from the undersides of a person's upper arms.Associated in particular with older women, who are regarded as the type of person most likely to play bingo (cf. quot. 1992).
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1992 Orange County (Calif.) Reg. 31 July q6/6 ‘We're working on her “Bingo wings”’,..his joking reference to the fat deposits common in women's upper arms, fat deposits that flap in the breeze when they raise them as they shout, ‘Bingo!’
2006 Daily Tel. 12 Jan. 21/2 Avoid bingo wings by toning the triceps muscles at the back of the arm.

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bingo caller n. a person who calls out the numbers in a game of bingo.
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1938 Chicago Defender (National ed.) 19 Mar. 23/8 The bingo party held Saturday for the benefit of the Child's Welfare... Miss Margaret Lee was bingo caller.
1946 Billboard 19 Jan. 68/3 (advt.) Want. Bingo Caller. Must be first-class, sober and reliable.
2013 Irish Independent (Nexis) 13 Apr. (Sport section) 51 The bingo caller shouted ‘quack quack’ any time two little ducks (22) would come out of the machine.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

bingoint.

Brit. /ˈbɪŋɡəʊ/, U.S. /ˈbɪŋɡoʊ/
Etymology: Echoic, compare bing int.
= bing int.; spec. an exclamation made by someone winning a game of bingo (see bingo n.2). Also in the colloquial intensive phrase like bingo: = like billy-o at billy-o n.
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1927 E. Wallace Ringer (1952) xxiii. 93 I just laid my hands on him when—bingo! I was on the ground with four inches of good knife in me.
1931 P. G. Wodehouse If I were You xi. 125 What ensued? Bingo! Eaten by bears!
1933 M. Allingham Sweet Danger iv. 50 I just 'ad one look at 'im and came back 'ere like bingo.
1951 J. B. Priestley Festival at Farbridge ii. ii. 222 If he can't do it, I will. Do it on my head—bingo!
1958 Economist 29 Nov. 798/1 While the essential elements of the game have provided amusement and diversion for centuries, bingo was named and introduced as a modern parlour game in 1929 by a toy manufacturer, Mr. Edwin Lowe. Each player has a card with 25 numbers between 1 and 75 arranged in a square, and the first to get five in a row as the numbers are called out cries ‘bingo’.
1959 N. Marsh False Scent (1960) i. 33 I've been drinking with The Management. Only two small ones, but on an empty tum: Bingo!
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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