“span、farthing”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

span-farthing

释义

† span-farthing Obs.
[f. span n.¹ or v.¹ and farthing n.]
A game played with farthings after the same manner as span-counter.
1688Holme Armoury iii. xvi. (Roxb.) 82/1 Playes with Instruments... Span Farthing.1693Locke Educ. Wks. 1727 III. 25 Learning to wrangle at Trap, or rook at Span-farthing.1720Swift Mod. Educ. Wks. 1755 II. ii. 36 His chief solace is to steal down, and play at span-farthing with the page, or young black-a-moor.1764Bp. Hurd Dial. Uses For. Trav. 70 You might as well..advance him directly to the boy's top and span-farthing, as [etc.].1777Gamblers 6 Span-farthing, Hustle-cap, their joy and sport.

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