单词 | to play sweepstake |
释义 | > as lemmasto play (at) sweepstake ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > removal or displacement > [noun] > clearing or sweeping away voidancec1450 sweepstake1542 swoop1607 sweep1712 sweeping1825 clearing1870 1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes f. 323 Verres wheresoeuer he came plaied swepestake [L. quod omnia uerreret]. ?1555 J. Bradford Exhort. carienge Chrystes Crosse xii. 133 If the pope and his prelates were charitable, they woulde, I trowe, make swepe stake at once wyth purgatorye. 1557 R. Edgeworth Serm. very Fruitfull 314 And this boke made swepestake of the blessed sacrament, declaring there to be nothing els but bare bread and wine. 1581 J. Bell tr. W. Haddon & J. Foxe Against Jerome Osorius iii. 403 b Leo the 10...devising..to make sweepe~stake for money [L. de emungenda pecunia]. 1589 ‘Marphoreus’ Martins Months Minde To Rdr. sig. C4 For the moste parte..they maie in the end with a tripsie Tray, carrie all awaie smoothe; and come once to the sweepestake. 1613 J. Taylor Heauens Blessing in Wks. (1630) iii. 123/2 Death..whose auaritious greedy mood, Doth play at sweepe-stake with all liuing things. 1648 in J. Rushworth Hist. Coll.: Fourth Pt. (1701) II. 1227 The Scots play Sweep-stake, take nothing but all Moveables. a1650 Abp. Williams in Hacket Life (1693) ii. 172 I cannot conceive from what ground this general Sweepstake of Archbishops, Bishops, Parsons, Vicars,..should proceed. 1653 Vindic. Christmas (title page) The lamentable game called Sweep-stake, acted by General Plunder and Major General Tax. < as lemmas |
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