Tuesday, 19 June 2012

Euchre


EUCHRE

-noun
1. a US and Canadian card game similar to écarté for two to four players, using a poker pack with joker
2. an instance of euchring another player, preventing him from making his contracted tricks
-verb
3. to prevent (a player) from making his contracted tricks
4. informal . (US), (Canadian), (Austral), (NZ) (usually followed by “out”) to outwit or cheat
5. informal . (Austral), (NZ) to ruin or exhaust


“Let’s play cards” he insisted
“Euchre is my game!”
I passed him my cards
He could make nothing of them.

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