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old sledge

old sledge

9.9
A card game where players try to score seven points
  • noun
  • Archaic
translation icon : sledge antiguo
  • My grandfather taught me how to play old sledge when I was a child.

Examples

  • They spent hours at the cabin playing old sledge and telling stories.

  • At family gatherings, old sledge was always a popular card game.

  • We played old sledge all night long.

  • I love playing old sledge with my family.

  • At family gatherings, old sledge was always a popular card game enjoyed by everyone.

  • My grandfather taught me how to play old sledge when I was a child, and I loved it.

  • They spent hours at the cabin playing old sledge, laughing and sharing stories.

Synonyms

seven-up
vsold sledge
9.9

A card game where the first player to reach seven points wins

is an older term for the same game requiring seven points to win

Surface Forms

old sledge singular
old sledges plural

Morphology

old + sledge

The gloss 'a card game' cannot be derived from the constituents 'old' (existing for a long time) and 'sledge' (normally a sled or unknown here); the phrase functions as a conventional game name rather than a descriptive composition. This is a language- and culture-specific lexicalized term (proper name) so a B1 learner who only knows the parts would not predict the card-game meaning.

Etymology

Old sledge may come from a small wooden tray called a sledge that players used to slide cards and keep score. So, the image of sliding cards and racing to seven points stuck, and today Old sledge means the old card game where the goal is to win seven points.