单词 | skittler |
释义 | skittlern. rare. 1. One who plays at the game of skittles. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > ninepins or ten-pins > [noun] > player skayler1579 skittler1836 kegler1932 1836 Fraser's Mag. 13 200 He suffered himself to be bowled down in such a cause by such a beggarly skittler as Willis, as if he had been a penny ninepin. 1958 G. Usher Death in Bag vii. 64 He'd go and see how the skittlers was doin'. 2. One who plays chess without serious application. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > board game > chess > [noun] > player > poor or frivolous player skittler1868 patzer1948 weakie1962 1868 Westm. Chess Club Papers 1 87 We consider it quite possible to diffuse the game [of chess] without affording encouragement to the mere ‘skittler’. 1911 Daily News 24 Apr. 4 The spread of chess literature, which has made every ‘skittler’ a book player. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.1836 |
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