toodlum buck

短语

别名

doodlem-buck doodle-em-buck toodlembuc toodlembuck toodlumbuck toodle-em-buck

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The game of crown and anchor.

    加拿大 新西兰 废旧 不可数

    toodle-em-buck, the game of crown and anchor

    TOODLUM BUCKS: A Crown and Anchor game, 10/6 for 7/6.

  2. 2.

    A betting game involving a spinner marked with horses’ names.

    澳大利亚 古体 不可数

    I regard these games as more or less of the same class as the Toodlum-buck I played when a youngster.

    But children of the early 1900's had a gambling custom—extinct now, as far as I could learn—claiming the picturesque name of “Toodlembuck” and employing a unique handmade gambling wheel and “cherry bobs” (cherry stones cherries are in season at Melbourne Cup time) for money.

  3. 3.

    The piece of wood (cat) that is struck in tipcat.

    澳大利亚 不可数
  4. 4.

    A carnival game in which marbles were thrown at holes or at buttons on the ends of sticks.

    新西兰 不可数