old sledge
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of old sledge
An Americanism dating back to 1820–30
Example Sentences
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On days when there was a fair breeze it was great fun sailing an old sledge over the bay ice.
From Left on the Labrador A Tale of Adventure Down North by Wallace, Dillon
Papa, with one or two cronies, was playing "old sledge" in the smoking compartment.
From Warrior Gap A Story of the Sioux Outbreak of '68. by King, Charles
I play old sledge, tew this day, in its natiff fierceness.
From The Complete Works of Josh Billings by Shaw, Henry W.
I've heard of places in this here town where a fellow could have a good game of old sledge or peg a card at keno.
From Strictly business: more stories of the four million by Henry, O.
He brought in a cloud of witnesses, and produced an overwhelming mass of testimony, to show that old sledge was not a game of chance but a game of science.
From Sketches New and Old, Part 3. by Twain, Mark
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