stussn.

Brit.

/stʌs/,

/stʌʃ/, U.S.

/stəs/,

/stəʃ/

Origin: A borrowing from Yiddish. Etymon: Yiddish shtos.

Etymology: < Yiddish shtos < Russian štoss , stos (1826 or earlier), probably < German Stoß (although this is apparently first attested later denoting the gambling game: 1904 or earlier; 16th cent. in the sense ‘stack’ of objects, including cards; already in Old High German stōz , Middle High German stōz in the sense ‘push’) < Old High German stōzan to push, to shove (see stot v., and compare stoss adj.).

New York. Now historical.

A gambling game similar to faro (faro n.¹).

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1894 N.Y. Times 28 Aug. 8/7 When his place was raided on Sunday, seven men were playing stuss, a Russian game.

1912 A. H. Lewis Apaches N.Y. 35 Between them they would divide the harvest of the stuss.

1930 D. Runyon in Sat. Evening Post 5 Apr. 48/3 I do not wish to play stuss.

1975 Way to Play 207/3 Stuss is also known as Jewish faro. It is a simplified form of faro, with a larger percentage in the house's favor.

2003 M. Walsh And All Saints vi. 47 There was different versions of faro, like skin faro, short faro and rolling faro, but east of the Bowery the one most people played was stuss.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	stuss
释义	stussn. Brit. /stʌs/, /stʌʃ/, U.S. /stəs/, /stəʃ/ Origin: A borrowing from Yiddish. Etymon: Yiddish shtos. Etymology: < Yiddish shtos < Russian štoss , stos (1826 or earlier), probably < German Stoß (although this is apparently first attested later denoting the gambling game: 1904 or earlier; 16th cent. in the sense ‘stack’ of objects, including cards; already in Old High German stōz , Middle High German stōz in the sense ‘push’) < Old High German stōzan to push, to shove (see stot v., and compare stoss adj.). New York. Now historical. A gambling game similar to faro (faro n.¹). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > games of chance > games of chance played with cards > [noun] > faro > varieties of snap1845 skin faro1871 stuss1894 1894 N.Y. Times 28 Aug. 8/7 When his place was raided on Sunday, seven men were playing stuss, a Russian game. 1912 A. H. Lewis Apaches N.Y. 35 Between them they would divide the harvest of the stuss. 1930 D. Runyon in Sat. Evening Post 5 Apr. 48/3 I do not wish to play stuss. 1975 Way to Play 207/3 Stuss is also known as Jewish faro. It is a simplified form of faro, with a larger percentage in the house's favor. 2003 M. Walsh And All Saints vi. 47 There was different versions of faro, like skin faro, short faro and rolling faro, but east of the Bowery the one most people played was stuss. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1894
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