able whackets

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Blows on the hand from a knotted or twisted handkerchief, especially given as a punishment to the loser of certain card games. historical,plural,plural-only,slang
    — The chief amusement or game in use in the midshipmen's berth, was ‘able whackets’, a pastime in which cards, blasphemy, and hard knocks were agreeably mingled.

词形变化

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词源

Possibly from able, as in able seaman, and whack.
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