Feb 25, 2007 14:12
17 yrs ago
English term

numbers collection

English to Chinese Art/Literary Poetry & Literature
Everybody does it, Jake thought as he headed across the battered park; a lot of small money that adds up. So whom had Tully done business with? A gun-happy Russian? A DP with nothing to lose? Anybody. Five thousand dollars, more. People got killed every day in Chicago for less, just for skimming a numbers collection. Life would be even cheaper than that here. But why come in the first place? Because the Russians were here, flush with cash. Not porcelain knickknacks and old silver to trade. Cash. Honey for bears. Everybody does it.

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pkchan Feb 25, 2007:
numbers collection=Jersey numbers collection?球衣號碼紀念品收集

Proposed translations

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24 mins
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球队队员纪念像辑

Here's an example of a numbers collection:

http://celticsstore.seenon.com/detail.php?p=13383
Peer comment(s):

agree franksf
17 mins
Thanks, Frank
agree Naikei Wong : Happy New Year Wherestip! (and to your family and puppy)
52 mins
Thanks, NK. Happy New Year to You and Yours :-)
agree Shaunna (X) : 同意。那這整句是說有人會為看一眼球队队员纪念像辑 那么少的錢去殺人嗎?估計得是teenager.
1 hr
Thanks, Shaunna
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非法六合彩活动中从赌博者手中收钱的工作

由bookie执行

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Numbers_game

http://tw.britannica.com/MiniSite/Article/id00043229.html

skimming a numbers collection 从...活动中偷钱
Peer comment(s):

neutral Shaunna (X) : I thought about that too. Then I realized that if it were used like this here, it should be "skimming from a numbers collection", not skimming a numbers collection, because what is skimmed is money not the numbers collection.
27 mins
Good point. Maybe it's a typo. :-)
agree wherestip : I think this is a strong possibility too. Like Shaunna, my 1st instinct was some kind of shady gambling activity too. From the context I would say this is likely what is being referred to because of its illegal nature and possibly how widespread it was
3 hrs
Thanks!
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