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Definition of Fourhanded
1. Adjective. (of card games) involving or requiring four players.
Definition of Fourhanded
1. a. Having four hands; quadrumanous.
Definition of Fourhanded
1. Adjective. Having four hands; quadrumanous. ¹
2. Adjective. Requiring four players. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fourhanded
Literary usage of Fourhanded
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"In the fourhanded game, which is usually played, the entire pack is dealt out as
at whist (but without turning up the last card, since there are no trumps), ..."
2. The Metropolitan (1835)
"... of free-stone (gr^s) bearing the distinct impression of the paws or feet of
some large fourfooted or fourhanded animals, unknown in the present day. ..."
3. The Magazine of History with Notes and Queries (1916)
"Oh no! not under that hospitable roof, where a great wood-fire was burning briskly
on the hearth, nearby a table ready for a fourhanded game of innocent ..."
4. Man in the Past, Present and Future: A Popular Account of the Results of by Ludwig Büchner (1872)
"... or as they have hitherto been erroneously called, Quadrumana or fourhanded
animals, and certainly not to sever him (as was formerly pretty generally ..."
5. Man's Origin and Destiny: Sketched from the Platform of the Sciences, in a by J. Peter Lesley (1868)
"He called the latter ' fourhanded' quadrumana. His definition of Man was short
and simple enough: animal, erectum, ..."
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