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high-low-jack — noun card games in which points are won for taking the high or low or jack or game • Syn: ↑all fours • Hypernyms: ↑card game, ↑cards • Hyponyms: ↑cinch, ↑pitch, ↑auction pitch, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
High low jack and the game — High High, n. 1. An elevated place; a superior region; a height; the sky; heaven. [1913 Webster] 2. People of rank or high station; as, high and low. [1913 Webster] 3. (Card Playing) The highest card dealt or drawn. [1913 Webster] {High, low,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
high low Jack and the game — Old Old, a. [Compar. {Older}; superl. {Oldest}.] [OE. old, ald, AS. ald, eald; akin to D. oud, OS. ald, OFries. ald, old, G. alt, Goth. alpeis, and also to Goth. alan to grow up, Icel. ala to bear, produce, bring up, L. alere to nourish. Cf.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
high-low-jack — noun Date: 1818 an all fours game in which scores are made by winning the highest trump, the lowest trump, the jack of trumps, and either the ten of trumps or the most points … New Collegiate Dictionary
high-low-jack-and-the-game — Hai lō keaka … English-Hawaiian dictionary
High — High, n. 1. An elevated place; a superior region; a height; the sky; heaven. [1913 Webster] 2. People of rank or high station; as, high and low. [1913 Webster] 3. (Card Playing) The highest card dealt or drawn. [1913 Webster] {High, low, jack,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Jack Be Nimble — is a nursery rhyme. Suggestions about its origins are: it is related to a marriage ceremony; it celebrates the escapes of [http://www.rhymes.org.uk/jack be nimble.htm a pirate] ; or it is about a religious choice which could have led to burning… … Wikipedia
Jack Barry — est un producteur et acteur américain né le 20 mars 1918 à Lindenhurst, New York (États Unis), décédé le 4 mai 1984 à New York (New York). Sommaire 1 Biographie 2 Filmographie 2.1 … Wikipédia en Français
In high and low — High High, n. 1. An elevated place; a superior region; a height; the sky; heaven. [1913 Webster] 2. People of rank or high station; as, high and low. [1913 Webster] 3. (Card Playing) The highest card dealt or drawn. [1913 Webster] {High, low,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
On high — High High, n. 1. An elevated place; a superior region; a height; the sky; heaven. [1913 Webster] 2. People of rank or high station; as, high and low. [1913 Webster] 3. (Card Playing) The highest card dealt or drawn. [1913 Webster] {High, low,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
