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ALL FOURS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Card games in which points are won for taking the high or low or jack or game
Synonyms:
all fours; high-low-jack
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("all fours" is a kind of...):
card game; cards (a game played with playing cards)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "all fours"):
cinch (a form of all fours in which the players bid for the privilege of naming trumps)
auction pitch; pitch (an all-fours game in which the first card led is a trump)
old sledge; seven-up (a form of all fours in which a total of seven points is game)
