Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An old rural game, probably the same as push-pin.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun An old rural game.
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Examples
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Only against Masquerades and Faro-tables, as likewise against the pernicious game of E. O., post and pair, fayles, dust-point, do I sternly set my face, deeming them as wholly wicked, carnal, and unprofitable, and leading directly to perdition.
The Strange Adventures of Captain Dangerous, Vol. 1 of 3 Who was a sailor, a soldier, a merchant, a spy, a slave among the moors... George Augustus Sala 1861
bilby commented on the word dust-point
*points*
August 3, 2022