| 单词 | to come off, turn out crabs |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto come off, turn out crabs 9. plural. slang. The lowest throw at hazard, two aces. to come off, turn out crabs: to turn out a failure or disappointment. [This may belong to crab n.2 ] ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > games of chance > dice-playing > [noun] > hazard > type of throw sevenc1405 nicka1635 seven and eleven1684 crabs1768 1768 Earl of Carlisle Let. 9 Jan. in J. H. Jesse G. Selwyn & his Contemp. (1843) II. 238 (Farmer) If you..will play, the best thing I can wish you is, that you may win and never throw crabs. 1777 Gamblers 7 Then Hazard rose, and Crabs and Doctors sprung. 1801 Sporting Mag. 17 7 Dreamt that I had thrown crabs all night, and could not nick seven for the life of me. 1861 G. J. Whyte-Melville Tilbury Nogo 51 My next neighbour..called for fresh dice, and selected two of them with the utmost care only to throw ‘crabs’. 1874 G. A. Lawrence Hagarene iii (Farmer) My annuity drops with me; and if this throw comes off crabs, there won't be enough to bury me, unless I die a defaulter. < as lemmas |
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