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put-and-take

[ poot-n-teyk ]

noun

  1. any of various games of chance played with a teetotum or other special type of top, in which each player puts in an equal stake before starting to spin the top.


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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of put-and-take1

First recorded in 1920–25
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Example Sentences

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Perhaps you've tasted it in trout caught from a put-and-take pond.

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“To me … you’re putting in a lot of effort in many of these systems just to have a put-and-take fishery,” Shultz said.

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Hunters can pursue game birds such as ring-necked pheasants, ruffed grouse and American woodcock in guided ‘put-and-take’ style outings, Butz told the Traverse City Record-Eagle .

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Hunters can pursue game birds such as ring-necked pheasants, ruffed grouse and American woodcock in guided ‘put-and-take’ style outings, Butz told the Traverse City Record-Eagle .

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In South Africa, animals are sometimes moved between game ranches to satisfy clients, a practice known as “put-and-take.”

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