“tippit”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

tippit

释义

tip-it, tippit
Also dial. -et, -ut, tibbets.
[From the phrase tip it = give or hand it out.]
A game of chance, played by two parties of two or three a side; in one of the hands on one side a button or the like is hidden, and a player on the opposite side has to guess in which hand it is, touching the hand and saying tip it. (When played for money or drinks it is reckoned a form of gambling.)
1889T. A. Guthrie Pariah iv. vi, A lively..pastime known as ‘Tibbets’, which consisted in passing a paperweight from hand to hand under a table-cover, and guessing at a given moment in whose hand it was concealed.1897B'ham Daily Gaz. 28 Aug. (E.D.D.), Playing tip it for drinks.1902Westm. Gaz. 8 May 7/3 The offence..was that a servant allowed some miners to play at the game of tippit for beer.1908Daily Chron. 5 Mar. 5/6 The skill of members at such games as tippit, darts, rings, and dominoes.

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