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a bet made, as with another player, in addition to one's principal bet: a side bet as to which of us would draw the highest card.[1890-95]
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side — n. & v. n. 1 a each of the more or less flat surfaces bounding an object (a cube has six sides; this side up). b a more or less vertical inner or outer plane or surface (the side of a house; a mountainside). c such a vertical lateral surface or… … Useful english dictionary
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