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noun
Idioms 1.
Cards. the winning by one player of all the tricks of a deal.
2.
go the vole,
a.
to venture everything on the chance of great rewards.
b.
to try one after another, as a variety of occupations: He went the vole and finally settled on watchmaking.
Origin:
1670–80; < French, derivative of voler to fly < Latin volāre
1670–80; < French, derivative of voler to fly < Latin volāre
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Vole
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So is ort. Does it mean:
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
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vole1 (vəʊl) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| See also water vole any of numerous small rodents of the genus Microtus and related genera, mostly of Eurasia and North America and having a stocky body, short tail, and inconspicuous ears: family Cricetidae | |
| [C19: short for volemouse, from Old Norse vollr field + mus | |
| vole2 (vəʊl) | |
| —n | |
| (in some card games, such as écarté) the taking of all the tricks in a deal, thus scoring extra points | |
| [C17: from French, from voler to fly, from Latin volāre] | |
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Word Origin & History
vole
1805, volemouse, lit. "field-mouse," with first element probably from O.N. völlr "field," from P.Gmc. *walthuz (cf. Icelandic völlr, Swed. vall "field," O.E. weald; see wold).
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Example sentences
Often, if you don't control the vole population, there may be little you can do about it.
Repeat the procedure each time a new mound or vole hole appears on the property.
The manipulation of a single gene is enough to cure the wandering eye of a meadow vole.
All but the rock vole are listed as species of special concern.
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