单词 | tip-it |
释义 | tip-itn. A game of chance, played by two parties of two or three a side; in one of the hands on one side a button or the like is hidden, and a player on the opposite side has to guess in which hand it is, touching the hand and saying tip it. (When played for money or drinks it is reckoned a form of gambling.) ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > games of chance > sleight-of-hand games > [noun] thimblerig1825 coddam1830 thimblerigging1839 thimbleriggery1841 three-card trick1887 tip-it1889 shell-game1890 find the lady1918 1889 ‘F. Anstey’ Pariah iv. vi A lively..pastime known as ‘Tibbets’, which consisted in passing a paperweight from hand to hand under a table-cover, and guessing at a given moment in whose hand it was concealed. 1897 B'ham Daily Gaz. 28 Aug. (E.D.D.) Playing tip it for drinks. 1902 Westm. Gaz. 8 May 7/3 The offence..was that a servant allowed some miners to play at the game of tippit for beer. 1908 Daily Chron. 5 Mar. 5/6 The skill of members at such games as tippit, darts, rings, and dominoes. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.1889 |
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