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violin (iou) and Key - Basketball (gambling)


violin (iou)



violin noun & verb. L16.
[Italian violino, from viola VIOLA noun2.]
A. noun.
A musical instrument with four strings of treble pitch, played with a bow; a fiddle. L16.
A player on this instrument; a violinist. M17.
Phrases: play first violin take a leading role. play second violin rare take a subordinate role.
Comb.: violin spider a small and deadly spider, Loxosceles laeta, which has a violin-shaped mark on the back and is native to S. America.
b. verb. rare.
verb trans. Entice by violin-playing. rare. Only in E18.
verb intrans. & trans. (with it). Play the violin. L19.
violinist noun a player on the violin M17.
violinistic adjective of or pertaining to the violin L18.

Key - Basketball (gambling)


The area encompassing the free throw circle and free throw lane; so name because it was shaped like a keyhole when the lane was narrower than the free throw circle.