Snakes and Laddersn.

Forms: Also with hyphens and small initials.

Etymology: See below.

1. The name of a board game for children in which the hazards and advantages are provided by snakes and ladders depicted on the board.A counter that chances to arrive on a square at the head of a snake must be withdrawn to the snake's tail, while one that arrives at the foot of a ladder can be advanced to its top.

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Snakes and Ladders1907

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Snakes and Ladders1907

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1907 Yesterday's Shopping (1969) 1031/1 Snakes and Ladders. An interesting and most exciting game of chance.

1933 N. Streatfeild Tops & Bottoms xii. 146 Felicity thought that bringing up Beaty was rather like playing Snakes and Ladders, through no fault of your own stepping on the head of a snake and sliding to the bottom again; in this case, with no ladder in view up which to shoot to regain lost ground.

1946 E. Linklater Private Angelo viii. 89 Promotion in war-time was like..a game of snakes-and-ladders.

1964 A. Wykes Gambling vi. 128 Backgammon..is the precursor of practically every modern board-and-pieces game in which the moves are decided by dice—even parlor games like snakes-and-ladders.

1980 Daily Tel. 25 Jan. 15/3 New and more sophisticated versions of snakes and ladders and noughts and crosses will also be provided [on trains].

2. figurative. A series of unpredictable successes and setbacks. Hence snake-and-ladder adj.

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the world > existence and causation > occurrence > [noun] > vicissitude > vicissitudes

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up and down1775

twists and turns1853

Snakes and Ladders1930

1930 M. Allingham Myst. Mile xxiii. 213 The [fire] engines were still drawn up outside Number Thirty Four. ‘Still playing Snakes and Ladders, I see,’ said Campion.

1961 Listener 31 Aug. 319/2 The artists whose life-work does not find a place in the historical snakes and ladders of avant-garde development.

1978 G. Greene Human Factor v. iii. 267 After so many years of concealment he was beginning to enjoy this snake-and-ladder game.

1978 G. Sims Rex Mundi xix. 117 Snakes and ladders progress, old man—that's all we can hope for. A lucky throw that puts us on the ladder.

1982 Church Times 23 July 6/1 Nothing could illustrate more graphically the snake-and-ladder aspect of a political career than the last year of Tony Crosland's life.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

单词	snakes and ladders
释义	Snakes and Laddersn. Forms: Also with hyphens and small initials. Etymology: See below. 1. The name of a board game for children in which the hazards and advantages are provided by snakes and ladders depicted on the board.A counter that chances to arrive on a square at the head of a snake must be withdrawn to the snake's tail, while one that arrives at the foot of a ladder can be advanced to its top. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > board game > other board games > [noun] > others quek1376 quek-board1477 draughtsc1540 goose1597 mancala1687 pachisi1801 Chinese chequers1840 go1840 shogi1858 wari1866 wei ch'i1871 gobang1875 crokinole1885 Kono1895 salta1901 Snakes and Ladders1907 pegity1925 oware1929 monopoly1934 Scrabble1950 morabaraba1953 Chutes and Ladders1955 pentominos1975 Trivial Pursuit1982 society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > children's game > other children's games > [noun] > children's board games Snakes and Ladders1907 pegity1925 1907 Yesterday's Shopping (1969) 1031/1 Snakes and Ladders. An interesting and most exciting game of chance. 1933 N. Streatfeild Tops & Bottoms xii. 146 Felicity thought that bringing up Beaty was rather like playing Snakes and Ladders, through no fault of your own stepping on the head of a snake and sliding to the bottom again; in this case, with no ladder in view up which to shoot to regain lost ground. 1946 E. Linklater Private Angelo viii. 89 Promotion in war-time was like..a game of snakes-and-ladders. 1964 A. Wykes Gambling vi. 128 Backgammon..is the precursor of practically every modern board-and-pieces game in which the moves are decided by dice—even parlor games like snakes-and-ladders. 1980 Daily Tel. 25 Jan. 15/3 New and more sophisticated versions of snakes and ladders and noughts and crosses will also be provided [on trains]. 2. figurative. A series of unpredictable successes and setbacks. Hence snake-and-ladder adj. ΘΠ the world > existence and causation > occurrence > [noun] > vicissitude > vicissitudes light and shade1733 up and down1775 twists and turns1853 Snakes and Ladders1930 1930 M. Allingham Myst. Mile xxiii. 213 The [fire] engines were still drawn up outside Number Thirty Four. ‘Still playing Snakes and Ladders, I see,’ said Campion. 1961 Listener 31 Aug. 319/2 The artists whose life-work does not find a place in the historical snakes and ladders of avant-garde development. 1978 G. Greene Human Factor v. iii. 267 After so many years of concealment he was beginning to enjoy this snake-and-ladder game. 1978 G. Sims Rex Mundi xix. 117 Snakes and ladders progress, old man—that's all we can hope for. A lucky throw that puts us on the ladder. 1982 Church Times 23 July 6/1 Nothing could illustrate more graphically the snake-and-ladder aspect of a political career than the last year of Tony Crosland's life. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.1907
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