English

little-go

/ˈlɪtəlɡəʊ/
A private lottery, especially when illegal.

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    Origin

    From little + go.

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    • partEnglishlittle “Small, not large, limited, particularly”
      • inheritedMiddle Englishlitel
        • inheritedOld Englishlȳtel “little”
      • suffixEnglish-le “A frequentative suffix of verbs, indicating repetition or continuousness”
        • inheritedMiddle English-len
        • inheritedMiddle English-el
    • partEnglishgo “To move through space (especially to or through a place). (May be used of tangible things such as p…”
      • inheritedMiddle Englishgon
        • inheritedOld Englishgān
      • borrowedJapanese碁
        • derivedJapanese囲碁

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