Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An old game, of uncertain nature.
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Then there's no playing at spurn-point < 24 > with thunderbolts.
The Noble Spanish Soldier Thomas Dekker 1602
ruzuzu commented on the word spurn-point
"An old game, of uncertain nature."
--Century Dictionary
December 8, 2010