knave of clubs
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knave — Synonyms and related words: ace, bad boy, bastard, best bower, blackguard, booger, bower, buffoon, bugger, cards, clubs, cutup, deck, deuce, devil, diamonds, dummy, elf, enfant terrible, face cards, flush, full house, funmaker, hand, hearts, heel … Moby Thesaurus
jack of clubs — noun One of the 52 playing cards from a standard pack as used for bridge and poker, with a picture of a jack (or knave), with a nominal value of 11, and with the clubs suit … Wiktionary
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lanterloo — Loo Loo (l[=oo]), n. [For older lanterloo, F. lanturelu, lanturlu, name of the game; orig., the refrain of a vaudeville.] (a) An old game played with five, or three, cards dealt to each player from a full pack. When five cards are used the… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Loo — (l[=oo]), n. [For older lanterloo, F. lanturelu, lanturlu, name of the game; orig., the refrain of a vaudeville.] (a) An old game played with five, or three, cards dealt to each player from a full pack. When five cards are used the highest card… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Loo table — Loo Loo (l[=oo]), n. [For older lanterloo, F. lanturelu, lanturlu, name of the game; orig., the refrain of a vaudeville.] (a) An old game played with five, or three, cards dealt to each player from a full pack. When five cards are used the… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
pam — pam, n. [From {Palm} victory; cf. trump, fr. triumph, and perh. fr. F. pamphile from Pamphile, a man s name.] 1. The knave of clubs. [Obs.] Pope. [1913 Webster] 2. A card game in which the jack of clubs is trump. [PJC] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
pam. — pamphlet. * * * pam «pam», noun. 1. the jack of clubs in one variety of the game of loo. 2. the variety of loo in which it is the best trump. ╂[apparently abbreviation of French pamphile the knave of clubs in loo < Greek pámphilos loved by… … Useful english dictionary
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