E O
See also: Appendix:Variations of "eo"
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈiː ˈəʊ/
Noun
- A game of chance, in which a ball falls into one of several ditches marked "E" or "O".
- 1751, [Tobias] Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle […], volumes (please specify |volume=I to IV), London: Harrison and Co., […], →OCLC:
- “Witness your pitiful behaviour at the E. O. table, when that officer bullied you out of twenty guineas, which you wan't obliged to pay.”
- 1801, Maria Edgeworth, Belinda:
- He likes the lady's EO table better than the lady.
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