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It is almost seventy year since I last played cribbage.
Mr. Dick Swiveller (is that a play on swive-ler?) having been so sick he was out of contact for many days, comes to, to find a girl he called the Marchioness playing cribbage by his bedside. She plays a jack and fails to take score.
"The Marchioness dealt, turned up a knave, and omitted to take the usual advantage; upon which Mr Swiveller called out as loud as he could--'Two for his heels!' "
I never heard that call before. We had a post about this several months ago, but it would be hard to find. I have heard it call "his nibs" and also "his nobs". What do the calcaneus bones have to do with it?
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wwh 11/24/2003 12:43 AM ![]()
Re: cribbage
Zed 11/25/2003 12:05 AM ![]()
muggins, "ethicly" speaking
wofahulicodoc 11/28/2003 1:59 AM ![]()
Re: Dickens
Faldage 11/28/2003 1:11 PM
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