old sledge.

old sledge.
See all fours (def. 2).
[1820-30, Amer.]

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  • old sledge — noun a form of all fours in which a total of seven points is game • Syn: ↑seven up • Hypernyms: ↑all fours, ↑high low jack * * * noun : seven up * * * old sledge, the card game seven …   Useful english dictionary

  • old sledge — noun Date: 1830 seven up …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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  • Sledge — (sl[e^]j), n. [Perhaps from sleds, pl. of sled, confused with sledge a hammer. See {Sled}, n.] 1. A strong vehicle with low runners or low wheels; or one without wheels or runners, made of plank slightly turned up at one end, used for… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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