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[US] J.F. Lillard Poker Stories 196: Soon his checks were piled ‘higher than a cat’s back’.
at higher than a cat’s back, adj.
[US] J.F. Lillard Poker Stories 195: I raise the ante £100.
at up the ante (v.) under ante, n.
[US] J.F. Lillard Poker Stories 210: An ‘agent’ entered the car with an order to ‘bail up’.
at bail up, v.
[US] J.F. Lillard Poker Stories 8: The gambler who was indicted for running a game of chance, and was triumphantly acquitted on his counsel’s plea that the players who bucked against his bank didn’t have any chance?
at buck, v.2
[US] J.F. Lillard Poker Stories 52: Devill comes back and begins his monkey business again.
at monkey business, n.
[US] J.F. Lillard Poker Stories 53: These cappers wouldn’t win any money.
at capper, n.1
[US] J.F. Lillard Poker Stories 51: The officers at Natchez cleaned all the gamblers out.
at clean out, v.
[US] J.F. Lillard Poker Stories 59: I’ve seen them betting a bale of cotton at a crack.
at crack, n.1
[US] J.F. Lillard Poker Stories 197: The latter naively suggested that it was time to ‘cut up the coin.’ ‘What do you mean?’ asked the official. ‘Why, I want my piece,’ was the reply.
at cut, v.6
[US] J.F. Lillard Poker Stories 191: My first three cards were deuce, tray and four of hearts.
at deuce, n.1
[US] J.F. Lillard Poker Stories 210: When he accidently dropped to the poker business he rose up and gave us an awful rubbing down.
at rub down, v.
[US] J.F. Lillard Poker Stories 53: The Captain got on to the scheme.
at get onto, v.
[US] J.F. Lillard Poker Stories 54: A sucker had no more chance against those fellows than a snow-ball has in a red-hot oven.
at no more chance than a snowball in hell under hell, n.
[US] J.F. Lillard Poker Stories 54: When a fellow was roped into the game the gamblers [...] bought a deck for a dollar.
at rope in, v.
[US] J.F. Lillard Poker Stories 59: Sometimes there’d be a kick and the captain would get hot.
at kick, n.6
[US] J.F.B. Lillard Poker Stories 87: ‘But I held four aces—see?’ ‘Well, what of it? I’ve got a looloo.’ The stranger was dazed. ‘A looloo?’ he repeated. ‘What is a looloo, anyway?’ ‘Three clubs and two diamonds.’.
at lulu, n.1
[US] J.F. Lillard Poker Stories 197: Do you suppose all those big ‘mitts’ dropped into you like angels from the skies?
at mitt, n.
[US] J.F. Lillard Poker Stories 74: The son began to lay in ‘nigger luck’. He held surprising hands.
at nigger luck (n.) under nigger, n.1
[US] J.F. Lillard Poker Stories 197: The latter naively sugested that it was time to ‘cut up the coin.’ ‘What do you mean?’ asked the offical. ‘Why, I want my piece,’ was the reply.
at piece, n.
[US] J.F. Lillard Poker Stories 119: The blacklegs showed no mercy. They did not let him win even a few dollars to encourage him, but either booked the cards every trip, or else whipsawed him until he was forced to drop.
at whip saw, v.
[US] J.F. Lillard Poker Stories 210: We chucked him two watches and $380 in cash quick’n scat.
at scat, v.1
[US] J.F. Lillard Poker Stories 52: He was working George on a dead sure thing.
at sure thing, n.
[US] J.F. Lillard Poker Stories 95: ‘The thunder, you say!’ roared his Honor.
at thunder, n.
[US] J.F. Lillard Poker Stories 87: The game proceeded, but it was plainly evident that the unsophisticated young tiger hunter had something on his mind.
at tiger-hunter (n.) under tiger, n.
[US] J.F. Lillard Poker Stories 56: He [...] got a lot of wildcat money, wrapped it around with a couple of twenties, and put some fives in the middle.
at wildcat, adj.
[US] F. Wallace Poker 214: Duck — Deuce [HDAS].
at duck, n.8
[US] F. Wallace Poker 217: Hook — A jack.
at hook, n.1
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