单词 | seven-up |
例句 | The prosecutor, being entirely unacquainted with games at cards, did not know the fact that both 'seven-up' and 'old sledge' were one and the same. Abraham Lincoln, Volume 2 (of 2) The True Story of a Great Life 2012-01-05T03:00:32.877Z On arriving at years of indiscretion, our hero began to display a tendency to "seven-up," Old Sledge, and other card-inal virtues, calculated to fit him for playing his cards right in future years. The Orpheus C. Kerr Papers, Series 1 2011-04-21T02:00:47.647Z Us play stick hoss and seven-up marble game with marbles us make and de 'well game.' Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves: Volume XVI, Texas Narratives, Part 3 2011-02-25T03:01:02.913Z The boys spent the evenings with them in their tents playing seven-up, penny a game, always letting the Indians win. Collection of Nebraska Pioneer Reminiscences 2011-01-05T03:00:58.503Z The king got out an old ratty deck of cards after breakfast, and him and the duke played seven-up awhile, five cents a game. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Tom Sawyer's Comrade Upon the trial on the bills describing the game as 'seven-up' our witnesses would swear that the game played was 'old sledge,' and vice versa on the bills alleging the latter. Abraham Lincoln, Volume 2 (of 2) The True Story of a Great Life 2012-01-05T03:00:32.877Z Then he played seven-up all day with Shorty, who had learned before Si did how to get a day off when he wanted it. Si Klegg, Book 1 (of 6) His Transformation From A Raw Recruit To A Veteran There was a game of seven-up going on in the cabin, and the sun striking down the companionway was bothering Andie Howe. The Seiners Here and there were groups of men engaged in playing poker or seven-up, where little piles of silver and gold were rapidly changing hands, to the accompaniment of muttered oaths. The Award of Justice Or, Told in the Rockies A Pen Picture of the West Nice fellow you are, sitting down to play a hand of seven-up for the price of a pack of cards! The Boy Settlers A Story of Early Times in Kansas Besides the English games of whist and cribbage, and the French games of “vingt-un,” “rouge-et-noir,” etcetera, the American gambler plays “poker,” “euchre,” “seven-up,” and a variety of others. The Quadroon Adventures in the Far West But I’ll teach you ’seven-up’ some day; it’s an easy game.” That Girl Montana But w'en a feller's lonesome, a young feller, I mean, he's got to have company if he has to go down to Davy Jones's, and play seven-up with Ole Nick. Duffels I got out a pack of cards, and the confederate captain played seven-up with me, while we smoked. How Private George W. Peck Put Down The Rebellion or, The Funny Experiences of a Raw Recruit - 1887 Seated Indian fashion around the fires, with a blanket spread before them, groups are seen with their 'decks' of cards playing at 'euchre,' 'poker,' and 'seven-up,' the regular mountain games. Daniel Boone The Pioneer of Kentucky I have seen men seated amid hundreds of slain, quietly enjoying a game of "seven-up," or having a little draw. Incidents of the War: Humorous, Pathetic, and Descriptive “And I offered to teach her ’seven-up,’ because it was easy,” he remarked grimly. That Girl Montana Now that we're all acquainted," he ventured—"how about a little game of seven-up, just to pass away the time? The Promise A Tale of the Great Northwest "It must have been seven-up, or some game of cards," said I. "It wasn't no seven-up, for I reckon as how I can play seven-up with any of the boys." Forty Years a Gambler on the Mississippi A few were whittling—a few pitching quoits, or playing leap-frog, and quite a number were having a quiet game of whist, euchre or "seven-up." Among the Pines or, South in Secession Time Card-playing was considered a vice in those days, and limited to a few games of "seven-up," played by sinful boys on a hay-mow, and dancing was frowned upon by the churches. Pocket Island A Story of Country Life in New England High-low-jack, sometimes called all-fours or seven-up, everlasting and old maid were the chief games of cards. Autobiography of Seventy Years, Vol. 1-2 Then we bought clothes and played seven-up in the hotel till they was fixed to fit us. Red Saunders' Pets and Other Critters But Bill was bound to play with somebody, so he picked up a man and gave him two points in seven-up, and they kept at it all day, until Bill lost $1,100. Forty Years a Gambler on the Mississippi "Playin' seven-up 'n' tried to finish the game," one of them explained as they started with buckets for the pump. Blister Jones So one evening I challenged him to play seven-up for the mine, the loser to take his outfit and walk. Emerson's Wife and Other Western Stories Gettysburg, Napoleon, and Dave were all inside the canvas, filling the small hollow cube of air with a mighty reek from their pipes, and playing seven-up on a greasy box. The Furnace of Gold A few were whittling, a few pitching quoits, or playing leap-frog, and quite a number were having a quiet game of whist, euchre, or 'seven-up.' The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2, No. 1, July, 1862 I have seen him give parties two points in casino and seven-up, and they would play marked cards on him. Forty Years a Gambler on the Mississippi Several were playing seven-up with an old pack of cards. The Road They found the switch crew in the engine of the cab playing seven-up. Gunsight Pass How Oil Came to the Cattle Country and Brought a New West The bartender nodded to him in friendly fashion, and jerked his head warningly toward a far corner where two men sat playing seven-up half-heartedly. The Lonesome Trail and Other Stories We then has four drinks in happy an' successful alternation, an' next we seeks a table an' subsides into seven-up. Wolfville Nights We saw the United States flag flying from the ramparts, and thought that Yank would probably be asleep or catching lice, or maybe engaged in a game of seven-up. "Co. Aytch" Maury Grays, First Tennessee Regiment or, A Side Show of the Big Show We lay in camp, made political speeches, held sacred concerts, pulled teeth, played baseball and seven-up, and ate our six thousand meals per day, and Des Moines paid for it. The Road They undertook no exercise more violent than seven-up, while the wood-cutting fell as a curse upon those unfortunates who lost at the game. Pardners She did not know the game and he insisted upon teaching her, though the Pilgrim glowered and hinted strongly at seven-up or something else which they could all play. The Long Shadow I'd no more pack a opal than I'd cut for deal an' embark on a game of seven-up with a ghost. Wolfville Nights Mrs. Bradley-Martin has trumped two of her rival's cards—and a social game, like seven-up, "is never out till it's played out." Brann the Iconoclast — Volume 01 For supper they had catfish, and perch, and trout, and seven-up, and euchre, and poker, and when the meal was over Mr. P. went out for a moonlight row upon the lake. Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 17, July 23, 1870 Seated around the large camp-fires, cross-legged in Indian fashion, with a blanket or buffalo-robe spread before them, groups were playing cards—euchre, seven-up, and poker, the regular mountain games. The old Santa Fe trail The Story of a Great Highway "I don't care for seven-up," Miss Bridger quelled, speaking to him for the first time since Billy returned. The Long Shadow The king got out an old ratty deck of cards after breakfast, and him and the duke played seven-up a while, five cents a game. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Chapters 16 to 20 They had set out for their daily run, and were now contesting for the seven-up supremacy of the Catskill Mountains. Going Some "Looking up" Aristides, in her domestic experience, implied a prolonged absence in the bar- room of the hotel, the tedium whereof was beguiled by seven-up or euchre. The Luck of Roaring Camp and Other Tales With Condensed Novels, Spanish and American Legends, and Earlier Papers Frequently Maxwell and Carson would play the game of seven-up for hours at a time, seated at one of the tables. The old Santa Fe trail The Story of a Great Highway Harris finds the patient Joe playing seven-up with a couple of friends, and his pistols on the table. The Little Lady of Lagunitas A Franco-Californian Romance It is the deliberate opinion of this jury, that the "chance" theory concerning seven-up is a pernicious doctrine, and calculated to inflict untold suffering and pecuniary loss upon any community that takes stock in it. Sketches New and Old, Part 3. Poker and seven-up, and a vain modern expense for soap, unknown to your glorious ancestors, have depleted your purses. Sketches New and Old, Part 1. At noon the foul ogre cribbage stalks rampant, and seven-up for dim, distant oysters that only the eye of faith can see. Rolling Stones On the way me and Tim sees flying fish and plays seven-up with the captain and steward, and already begins to feel like the high-ball kings of the tropics of Capricorn. The Trimmed Lamp, and other Stories of the Four Million He sees Curly where he sits at seven-up, with his back turned towards him. Wolfville Days The four deacons and the two dominies were sworn in as the "chance" jurymen, and six inveterate old seven-up professors were chosen to represent the "science" side of the issue. Sketches New and Old, Part 3. "What's the matter with the boss, anyway?" asked Thorpe in a low voice of Jackson Hines, when the seven-up game was finished. The Blazed Trail The six or eight members present hailed him absently and went on with their games of checkers or "seven-up." The Depot Master How'd you like to play a game or two of seven-up? Strictly business: more stories of the four million Four men sat around a small, dirty table; evidently the arrivals had interrupted an exciting game of seven-up. Rowdy of the Cross L He made himself a pack of cards from birch bark, and taught Neewak the way to play seven-up. The Faith of Men The four teamsters played seven-up in the cook camp by the light of a barn lantern, while Thorpe and the cook wrote letters. The Blazed Trail The checker players left their boards and came over; the "seven-up" devotees dropped their cards and joined the circle. The Depot Master |
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