ROGET'S THESAURUS OF ENGLISH WORDS AND PHRASES ...

[Mediev.]; greasy pole; quoits, horseshoes, discus; rounders, lacrosse; tobogganing, water
polo; knurr and spell † .
[childrens' games] leapfrog, hop skip and jump; mother may I; French and English,
tug of war; blindman's bluff, hunt the slopper † , hide and seek, kiss in the ring;
snapdragon; cross questions and crooked answers.; crisscross, hopscotch; jacks,
jackstones † , marbles; mumblety-peg, mumble-the-peg, pushball, shinney, shinny, tag &c;
billiards, pool, pingpong, pyramids, bagatelle; bowls, skittles, ninepins, kain † , American
bowls † ; tenpins [U.S.], tivoli.
cards, card games; whist, rubber; round game; loo, cribbage, besique † , euchre, drole † ,
ecarte [Fr.], picquet † , allfours † , quadrille, omber, reverse, Pope Joan, commit; boston,
boaston † ; blackjack, twenty-one, vingtun [Fr.]; quinze [Fr.], thirty-one, put, speculation,
connections, brag, cassino † , lottery, commerce, snip-snap-snoren † , lift smoke, blind
hookey, Polish bank, Earl of Coventry, Napoleon, patience, pairs; banker; blind poker,
draw poker, straight poker, stud poker; bluff, bridge, bridge whist; lotto, monte, threecard
monte, nap, penny-ante, poker, reversis † , squeezers, old maid, fright, beggar-myneighbor;
baccarat.
[cards: list] ace, king, queen, knave, jack, ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, trey,
deuce; joker; trump, wild card.
[card suits: list] spades, hearts, clubs, diamonds; major suit, minor suit.
bower; right bower, left bower; dummy; jackpot; deck.
[hands at poker: list] pair, two pair, three of a kind, straight, flush, full-house, four of
a kind, royal flush; misere &c [board games: list] chess, draughts, checkers, checquers,
backgammon, dominos, merelles † , nine men's morris, go bang, solitaire; game of fox and
goose; monopoly; loto &c; [word games: list], scrabble, scribbage, boggle, crossword
puzzle, hangman.
morra † ; gambling &c (chance) 621.
toy, plaything, bauble; doll &c (puppet ) 554; teetotum † ; knickknack &c (trifle) 643;
magic lantern &c (show) 448; peep show, puppet show, raree show, gallanty show † ; toy
shop; quips and cranks and wanton wiles, nods and becks and wreathed smiles [Milton].
entertainer, showman, showgirl; dancer, tap dancer, song-and-dance man; vaudeville
act; singer; musician &c 416.
sportsman, gamester, reveler; master of ceremonies, master of revels; pompom girl † ;
arbiter elegantiarum [Lat.]; arbiter bibendi [Lat.], archer, fan [U.S.], toxophilite † ,
turfman † .
V. amuse, entertain, divert, enliven; tickle the fancy; titillate, raise a smile, put in good
humor; cause laughter, create laughter, occasion laughter, raise laughter, excite laughter,
produce laughter, convulse with laughter; set the table in a roar, be the death of one.
recreate, solace, cheer, rejoice; please &c 829; interest; treat, regale.
amuse oneself, game; play a game, play pranks, play tricks; sport, disport, toy,
wanton, revel, junket, feast, carouse, banquet, make merry, drown care; drive dull care
away; frolic, gambol, frisk, romp; caper; dance &c (leap) 309; keep up the ball; run a rig,
sow one's wild oats, have one's fling, take one's pleasure; paint the town red [Slang]; see
life; desipere in loco [Lat.], play the fool.
make holiday, keep holiday; go a Maying.
while away the time, beguile the time; kill time, dally.