| 单词 | trick of loop |
| 释义 | > as lemmastrick of (also o') (the) loop d. trick of (also o') (the) loop, a cheating game; = fast and loose n. 3, strap-game n. at strap n. Compounds 2. Also figurative. Anglo-Irish. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > games of chance > fast and loose > [noun] fast and loose1578 pin and girdle1710 garter1826 strap-game1847 trick of (also o') (the) loop1886 1886 M. B. Buckley Diary Tour in Amer. 16 The thimble-rigger and trick-o'-loop man are nowhere to be found. 1907 J. M. Synge Playboy of Western World iii. 57 And he after bringing bankrupt ruin on the roulette man, and the trick-o'-the-loop man. 1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. xii. [Cyclops] 311 Norman W. Tupper bouncing in with his peashooter just in time to be late after she [sc. his wife] doing the trick of the loop with officer Taylor. 1974 Listener 21 Feb. 239/1 Their cities were..crowded..with pilgrims, curiosity-mongers, refugees from justice and trick-of-the-loop men [in medieval Ireland]. < as lemmas |
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