| Henry Mayhew - 1851 - 600 pàgines
...the costermongers is described. " Shove-halfpenny" is another game played by them; so is " Three up." Three halfpennies are thrown up, and when they fall...greatest number of marks out of a given amount — three, or five, or more — wins. " Three-lip" is played fairly among the costermongers; but is most frequently... | |
| Henry Mayhew - 1851 - 552 pàgines
..."Tbree up." Tbree halfpennies are tbro.vn up, and when they iall all " heads" or all " tails," it ia a mark ; and the man who gets the greatest number of marks out of a given amount — tbree, or live, or more — wius. "Tbree- up" is played fairly aimmg the costermongers; but is... | |
| Henry Mayhew - 1861 - 572 pàgines
...the coitermongers is described. "Shove-halfpenny" is another game played by them; so is " Three up." Three halfpennies are thrown up, and when they fall...mark; and the man who gets the greatest number of mark» out of a given amount — three, or five, or more — wins. "Threc-up" is played fairly among... | |
| John Camden Hotten - 1865 - 360 pàgines
...THREE-CORNERED-SCRAPER, a cocked hat.— Sea. " THREE SHEETS IN THE WIND," unsteady from drink.— Sea. THREE-UP, a gambling game played by costers. Three...stranger join in they invariably unite to cheat him. THRUMMER, a threepenny bit. TENCH, the Penitentiary, of which it is a contraction. — See STEEL. THEATRE,... | |
| John Camden Hotten - 1869 - 602 pàgines
...WIND," unsteady from drink.— Sea. THREE-UP, a gambling game played by costers. Three ualfpennies are thrown up, and when they fall all " heads," or...stranger join in they invariably unite to cheat him. THRUMMER. a threepenny bit. TENCH, the Penitentiary, of which it is a contraction. — See STEEL. THEATRE,... | |
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