| 单词 | to have the age |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto have (also hold) the age 6. Cards (esp. Poker). The eldest hand in a game (see eldest hand n. at eldest adj. 5), which entitles opening of the betting; chiefly in to have (also hold) the age. Also: the person, sitting on the dealer's left, who holds this. Occasionally in extended use. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > poker > [noun] > players > type of player age1843 ante man1851 ante1853 straddler1863 bluffer1888 sandbagger1940 chip leader1985 1843 S. S. Prentiss in J. D. Shields Life & Times S. S. Prentiss (1883) xvii. 334 You can't expect me to take a hand in this game when he..has the age of me. 1875 T. Frere Hoyle's Games (rev. ed.) 327 The player entitled to bet first may withhold his bet until the others have bet round to him, which is called ‘holding the age’; and this, being an advantage, should as a general rule be practised. 1882 C. Welsh Poker 47 Before the dealer begins to deal the cards, the player next to his left, who is called the ante-man, or age, must deposit in the pool an ante not exceeding one-half the limit previously agreed upon. 1907 ‘M. Twain’ in N. Amer. Rev. 184 569 How could I talk when he was talking? He ‘held the age’, as the poker clergy say. 1983 R. L. Frey According to Hoyle (new ed.) 11 When no player before the age makes a voluntary bet in the first betting interval, the age may..call the blind raise. < as lemmas |
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