单词 | bob-cherry |
释义 | > as lemmasbob-cherry bob-cherry n. a game in which the player tries to catch with his teeth a cherry suspended at the end of a string. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > parlour and party games > [noun] > catching raisins, etc., in mouth chop-cherry1561 flap-dragon1601 bob-apple1681 snapdragon1704 bob-cherry1741 snap-apple1823 bob-a-cherry1899 1741 Mem. Martinus Scriblerus v. 21 in A. Pope Wks. II Bob-cherry..teaches at once two noble Virtues, Patience and Constancy. 1885 Pall Mall Gaz. 15 July 10 Lord Robert Montagu..described Government, upon the question of Reform, as ‘playing at bob-cherry with the nation’. < as lemmas |
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