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A treatise against dicing, dancing, plays, and interludes. With other idle pastimes choose

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[UK] J. Northbrooke Treatise against Dicing (1843) 142: They haue such sleightes in sorting and shuffling of the cardes [...] Eyther by pricking of a carde, or pinching of it, cuting at the nicke; eyther by a bumbe carde finely vnder, ouer, or in the middes.
at bum card (n.) under bum, n.1
[UK] J. Northbrooke Treatise against Dicing (1843) 8: [as cit. 1568].
at clinchpoop, n.
[UK] J. Northbrooke Treatise against Dicing (1843) 142: They haue such sleightes in sorting and shuffling of the cardes [...] play at what game ye will, all is lost aforehande, especially if two be confederate to cousin the thirde.
at cousin, v.
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