| 单词 | snapping tongs |
| 释义 | > as lemmassnapping tongs c. snapping tongs, a game: see quot. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > parlour and party games > [noun] > forfeit games follow the (also my) leader1776 Jack's alive1822 turn-trencher1838 snapping tongs1844 family coach1851 ken1890 1844 W. Barnes Poems Rural Life in Dorset Dial. Gloss. Snappen tongs, a game of forfeits..[played] in a room in which are seats for all but one,..when the tongs are snapped all run to sit down, and the one that fails to get a seat pays a forfeit. 1847 in J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words < as lemmas |
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