英语词汇canfield的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	canfield
词源	canfield. Lonely people playing solitaire can at least have the company of Richard C. Canfield (1855–1941), for this Ameri- can gambler invented the world’s most popular game of soli- taire one summer toward the end of the 19th century during breaks from the gaming tables at the fashionable resort of Sara- toga Springs, New York. Canfield based his new game, named canfield after himself, on the solitaire game called klondike, which gold miners in Alaska had invented a few decades before.
随便看	its it-s a great life if you don’t weaken it-s all in a day-s work it-s all over but the shouting it-s all worth it including the final crash it-s always the best swimmers that drown it-s a naive domestic burgundy without any breeding but i think you’ll be amused by its presumptions it-s a new ball game it-s chess not checkers it-s greek to me it-s how you played the game it smells of the lamp it-s naughty but it-s nice it-s not brain surgery it-s not cricket it-s not funny it-s not over till the fat lady sings it-s not the size of the dog in the fight it-s the size of the fight in the dog it-s not what it-s cracked up to be it-s the berries it-s the only ballgame in town it-s the pits itsy bitsy teenie weenie yellow polka dot bikini it worked i vant to be alone

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