Definition of Beggar-my-neighbour

1. Noun. A card game for two players in which the object is to win all of the other player's cards.

Exact synonyms: Beggar-my-neighbor, Strip-jack-naked
Generic synonyms: Card Game, Cards

Definition of Beggar-my-neighbour

1. Noun. (alternative spelling of beggar-my-neighbor) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Beggar-my-neighbour

begetters
begettest
begetteth
begetting
begg'd
beggable
beggar
beggar's-lice
beggar's-ticks
beggar's ticks
beggar-my-neighbor
beggar-my-neighbor policy
beggar-my-neighbor strategy
beggar-my-neighbors
beggar-my-neighbour (current term)
beggar-my-neighbour policy
beggar-my-neighbour strategy
beggar-thy-neighbor
beggar-ticks
beggar belief
beggar lice
beggardom
beggardoms
beggared
beggarhood
beggarhoods
beggaries
beggaring
beggarism

Literary usage of Beggar-my-neighbour

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Down South, Or, An Englishman's Experience at the Seat of the American War by Samuel Phillips Day (1862)
"... Gun "—" Beggar my Neighbour"—The "American System "—A War of Tariffs—Territorial Aggression—Domestic Aggression—Infractions of the Constitution—Effects ..."

2. The Annals of Bristol in the Nineteenth Century by John Latimer (1887)
"Gates of an uncompromising policy of " beggar my neighbour " began, however, to yield to the influence of public opinion, and, at a subsequent meeting, ..."

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