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单词 to study the history of the four kings
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to study the history of the four kings
P7. the books (or history) of (the) four kings: a pack of playing cards. Also in to study the history of the four kings: to play cards. Obsolete.With humorous allusion to sense 1b; cf. sense 11b.
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1653 T. Urquhart tr. F. Rabelais 1st Bk. Wks. xxii. 99 After supper were brought in..the books of the foure Kings. [No corresponding phrase in the French original.]
1700 E. Ward Metamorphos'd Beau 7 He mov'd to a Table by the Fire-side, which was begirt with Students, Contemplating on the History of the four Kings.
1760 S. Foote Minor i. 32 Come, shall we have a dip in the history of the Four Kings, this morning?
1842 New World 17 Dec. 398/4 By eleven o'clock,..our books of the four kings are generally laid aside.
1852 Natchez (Mississippi) Courier 15 June Gambling there is reduced to a science; the history of four kings is thoroughly studied.
1903 Daily Palladium (Benton Harbor, Mich.) 18 Feb. The inspectors report that the prisoners only employment is reading and studying the history of the four kings.
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