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BINGO |
Number game |
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BEANO |
Number calling game |
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SCORE |
The number of points gained by the contestants, or either of
them, in any game, as in cards or cricket. |
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MORA |
A game of guessing the number of fingers extended in a quick
movement of the hand, -- much played by Italians of the lower classes. |
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TINCHEL |
A circle of sportsmen, who, by surrounding an extensive
space and gradually closing in, bring a number of deer and game within
a narrow compass. |
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COMBINE |
In the game of casino, to play a card which will take
two or more cards whose aggregate number of pips equals those of the
card played. |
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BASEBALL |
A game of ball, so called from the bases or bounds ( four
in number) which designate the circuit which each player must endeavor
to make after striking the ball. |
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TOURNAMENT |
A mock fight, or warlike game, formerly in great favor,
in which a number of combatants were engaged, as an exhibition of their
address and bravery; hence, figuratively, a real battle. |
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COVEY |
A brood or hatch of birds; an old bird with her brood of
young; hence, a small flock or number of birds together; -- said of
game; as, a covey of partridges. |
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LAP |
In card playing and other games, the points won in excess of
the number necessary to complete a game; -- so called when they are
counted in the score of the following game. |
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GAME |
That which is gained, as the stake in a game; also, the
number of points necessary to be scored in order to win a game; as, in
short whist five points are game. |
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SPILIKIN |
One of a number of small pieces or pegs of wood, ivory,
bone, or other material, for playing a game, or for counting the score
in a game, as in cribbage. In the plural (spilikins |
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CAT |
An old game; (a) The game of tipcat and the implement with
which it is played. See Tipcat. (c) A game of ball, called, according
to the number of batters, one old cat, two old cat, etc. |
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VINGT ET UN |
...he
fortune of each player depends upon obtaining from the dealer such
cards that the sum of their pips, or spots, is twenty-one, or a number
... |