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单词 tattersall's ring
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Tattersall's Ring
b. The principal betting enclosure on a racecourse. Also Tattersall's Ring.
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society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > betting > [noun] > betting place
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1836 T. Hood Let. 12 Jan. (1973) 211 Tattersall style of betting.
1843 Illustr. London News 17 June 418/1 The winners have been haunting Tattersall's..in search of a settlement.
1863 Observer 18 Jan. 2/4 The lobby of the hall is like the betting-room at Tattershall's in a low way.
1865 Once a Week 28 Oct. 523/1 At one time..rarely did the flood of speculation overflow the dykes of ‘The Corner’. Now we have an al fresco Tattersall's at nearly every open space in London.
1901 Cassell's Mag. Sept. 368/2 Tattersall's Ring at race-meetings and the committee of Tattersall's which rules the betting world, have now no connection with the firm..at Albert Gate.
1922 Notes & Queries 9 Sept. 206/2 Outside, all other enclosures on a racecourse save Tattersall's, which is ‘inside’.
1951 E. Rickman Come Racing with Me xvi. 151 The customary reference to the chief betting ‘ring’ on any racecourse as ‘Tattersalls’ or ‘Tatts’ is a relic of the rough-and-ready days when it was an enclosure used principally by bookmakers and backers who were members of Tattersalls' Subscription Room.
1962 D. Francis Dead Cert xiii. 144 The bookmakers on the rails—those..who stand along the railing between Tattersall's and the Club enclosures,..send out weekly accounts.
1973 ‘I. Drummond’ Jaws of Watchdog xvii. 227 Sandro was in Tatt's... He could also go down the social and financial scale into the Silver Ring and the cheapest enclosures.
1983 ‘F. Parrish’ Bait on Hook v. 68 He had no real idea what class of man they were looking for—a denizen of the Members' [Enclosure] at £6, Tattersalls at £3.50, the Silver Ring for £1, the course for nothing.
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