单词 | stud horse |
释义 | stud horsen. 1. a. A stallion kept for breeding. In Old English also more generally: a stallion. Cf. stud n.2 1a. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > horse defined by gender or age > [noun] > male > stallion or stud-horse stud horseeOE stallion1390 steed-horsec1425 courser1483 mastard1598 stone-horse1600 stone-colt1691 seed horse1792 stud1803 foal-getter1809 entire1881 eOE tr. Bede Eccl. Hist. (Tanner) ii. x. 138 He..þone cyning bæd þæt he him wæpen sealde & stodhors. lOE Prognostics (Hatton) (2007) 304 Gyf mon mæte þæt he feola stodhorsa habbe oððe geseo, awestnesse his goda ðæt tacneð. 1598 Extracts Munic. Acc. Newcastle (1848) 46 Paid for their stoude horses meate, 5s. 1777 Daily Advertiser 25 June (advt.) 3/1 To be sold, a beautiful, bay, Arabian Horse, of the highest Blood..likely to make a valuable Stud Horse. 1786 G. Washington Diary 18 Mar. (1925) III. 30 Post and rail fencing lately erected as yards for my Stud horses. 1833 Q. Rev. 49 414 His lordship..at present has the stud-horse Lamplighter. 1891 C. Roberts Adrift in Amer. 185 He..challenged four stud-horses that belonged to us. 1921 Rev. Codes Montana I. ccxliv. 1255 It shall be unlawful for any owner or owners of a stud horse over the age of eighteen months to permit the same to run at large. 1983 P. St. Pierre Smith & Other Events 60 He went to Oregon to buy a stud horse. 2007 C. Alcalá Sacramento Street Whys 68 Norfolk, who retired undefeated, became the leading stud horse in California. b. figurative and in extended use. A strong, proud, or virile (young) man; spec. = stud n.2 7a. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > courage > heroism > [noun] > brave warrior > a gallant blade1597 Gregorya1627 stud horse1868 1868 A. Heed Let. 14 May in Lett. received by Office Indian Affairs, 1824–81 (U.S. National Arch.) Roll 238, Frame 138 My judgement and experience is that the Indians are a very acute People and they make sport of such men you send..among them [with] what we Term here Stud horse airs. 1895 O. Wister Red Men & White 213 The genial antics of my neighbor increased until he broke into delighted mutterings, such as ‘He's a stud-horse’, and ‘Give 'em the kybosh’, and many more that have escaped my memory. 1908 Med. World June 266/2 Does he want to act the part of a ‘stud horse’? (Excuse the inelegance of the expression, but it fits our views exactly.) 1993 Sat. Night (Toronto) June 5/1 ‘You studhorses ready to earn a living?’ the driller asked, turning to my friend and me. 2001 R. B. Parker Potshot (2002) 247 The Preacher's been the stud horse around here a long time. He's so used to not having trouble that he forgot there is any. 2013 ‘Morrissey’ Autobiogr. 242 Suddenly this jockstrap hunk of studhorse has me in a crushed manful hug, into which I disappear like a pressed flower. 2. Originally U.S. = stud-horse poker n. at Compounds. Now historical. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > poker > [noun] > varieties of vaunt1598 brag1734 draw poker1847 penny ante1855 freeze-out1856 draw1857 straight poker1864 stud poker1864 mistigris1875 highball1878 whisky-poker1878 stud-horse poker1881 stud horse1882 stud1884 showdown poker1892 show poker1895 red dog1919 showdown1927 strip-poker1929 manilla1930 Hold 'Em1964 Texas Hold 'Em1968 pai gow poker1985 1882 in Colorado Q. (1956) 4 iii. 271 Brownie Lea is leading stud horse at Del Norte. 1920 C. E. Mulford Johnny Nelson ii. 19 He's a travelin' eddicator in th' innercent game of draw—or was it studhoss, Nelson? 1994 R. Hendrickson Happy Trails 223 Studhorse, an old name for stud poker. Compounds stud-horse poker n. Cards (originally U.S.) a form of poker in which each player is dealt a number of cards face up and a number of others face down, with bets placed after each round of dealing; = stud poker n. at stud n.2 and adj. Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > poker > [noun] > varieties of vaunt1598 brag1734 draw poker1847 penny ante1855 freeze-out1856 draw1857 straight poker1864 stud poker1864 mistigris1875 highball1878 whisky-poker1878 stud-horse poker1881 stud horse1882 stud1884 showdown poker1892 show poker1895 red dog1919 showdown1927 strip-poker1929 manilla1930 Hold 'Em1964 Texas Hold 'Em1968 pai gow poker1985 1881 Rep. Supreme Court Arkansas 34 442 The proof..showed that he did bet chips, or checks, at a game played with cards, called ‘stud’, or ‘stud-horse’, poker—and that the same was a variation of the game of poker; being somewhat different from other games called ‘straight poker’ and ‘draw poker’. 1891 C. Roberts Adrift in Amer. 152 Every saloon had a gambling room, where poker, stud-horse poker, faro,..were usually hard at it. 1947 Opinions Attorney Gen. Calif. IX. 108 Stud-horse poker and hokey-pokey defined and held illegal if played for value. 2004 J. Vorhaus Poker Night v. 70 Until the late 1980s, though draw poker and lowball were legal in California, all forms of so-called ‘stud-horse’ poker were not. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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