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词汇 pitch-and-toss
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pitch-and-toss (n.)

1810年,由 pitch(v.1)和 toss(v.)组成。

A game in which the players pitch coins at a mark, that one whose coin lies nearest to the mark having the privilege of tossing up all the coins together and retaining all the coins that come down " head " up. The next nearest player tosses those that are left, and retains all that come down "head" up, and so on until the coins are all gone. [Century Dictionary]
一种游戏,玩家将硬币投向一个标记,最靠近标记的人有权将所有硬币一起抛起,并保留所有“正面”朝上的硬币。下一个最近的玩家投掷剩下的硬币,并保留所有“正面”朝上的硬币,以此类推,直到所有硬币都用完。[世纪词典]
最早记录年份: 1810

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