英语词汇on velvet的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	on velvet
词源	on velvet. In the game of faro, money won from the house was called velvet and any player who won a lot of money was said to be on velvet. From these early-19th-century beginnings on velvet passed into general use as a synonym for “an unusual, unexpected profit or gain.”
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