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Definition of Four flush

1. Noun. The act of bluffing in poker; deception by a false show of confidence in the strength of your cards.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Four Flush

Literary usage of Four flush

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

1. Hoyle's Games: Containing the Rules for Playing Fashionable Games, with by Edmond Hoyle (1887)
"Having two high trumps, and four flush cards, run for trumps. 5. Having one high trump, even if it be the ace, and four flush cards, run for a flush. 6. ..."

2. Hoyle's Improved Edition of the Rules for Playing Fashionable Games by Edmond Hoyle (1830)
"... than on four flush cards. But there are other considerations, which make the running for a ... a trump: so that unless your four flush cards are trumps, ..."

3. Hoyle's Improved Edition of the Rules for Playing Fashionable Games by Edmond Hoyle (1838)
"Having two high trumps, and four flush cards, run for trumps. 5. Having one high trump, even if it he the ace, and four flush cards, run for a flush. . 6. ..."

4. The Household Cyclopædia of Practical Receipts and Daily Wants by Alexander V. Hamilton (1873)
"Three or more cards in consecutive order, as six, seven, eight; ace, deuce, three, four. Flush. —All the cards in the hand being of one suit. ..."

5. Chance and Luck: A Discussion of the Laws of Luck, Coincidences, Wagers by Richard Anthony Proctor (1889)
"In every case where two hands are of the same kind, the cards .of highest denomination in the pair, triplet, four, flush, or sequence, wins. ..."

6. Woollen and Worsted Cloth Manufacture: Being a Practical Treatise for the by Roberts Beaumont (1890)
"... would give a three flush, a 5-end a four flush, and a 6-end a five flush in the warp. 90. Cassimere Twill. ..."

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