旼컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴커 � Phrase Craze! � 쳐컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴캑 � * Jackpot: a big payoff or a great find. Believe it or not the word is � � not brought to us from Las Vegas; but from poker. In draw poker, a � � standard game, it requires the opener to have a pair of jacks or better � � to open the pot. Frequently there will be one winner, the opener. It � � became common to call the pots won by the person with a pair of jacks � � only a jackpot. The term was applied by Las Vegas to slot machines and � � has become common place since. � � * Kingpin: The phrase was born in the second century. The Germans invent-� � ed a game where they places wooden pins together forming a target. The � � center pin was made larger than all the rest. The center pin was called � � the kingpin. In the 1600s the Dutch took the German game, updated it � � and renamed it nine pin. � � * Knuckle down: to get down to business and do the work before you. The � � term comes to us from the game of marbles. Marbles was once the nation- � � al past time of England. The game has been around for centuries. When � � an opponent thought about moving his marble without his knuckles on the � � ground, his opponent would call out "knuckle down," meaning place your � � knuckles down on the ground. Knuckles on the ground is one rule of mar- � � bles. It came to mean get down to work and do what you need to do. It � � has been with us since then and applied to nearly everything now. � 읕컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴켸