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Definition of High-low-jack
1. Noun. Card games in which points are won for taking the high or low or jack or game.
Generic synonyms: Card Game, Cards
Specialized synonyms: Cinch, Auction Pitch, Pitch, Old Sledge, Seven-up
Lexicographical Neighbors of High-low-jack
Literary usage of High-low-jack
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Unwritten History: Life Amongst the Modocs by Joaquin Miller (1874)
"HIGH, LOW, JACK AND THE GAME. "HE man did not notice me, but made straight up to
my companion until his mule's opera- glasses nearly ..."
2. The American Hoyle: Or, Gentleman's Hand-book of Games, Containing All the by William Brisbane Dick (1894)
"high-low-jack GAME. This game is played with a set of balls the same as used in
... In setting up the pyramid, the three counting balls—High, Low, Jack—are ..."
3. The History of Henry Milner: A Little Boy, who was Not Brought Up According by Sherwood (Mary Martha) (1837)
"High, Low, Jack, and the Game. THE house into which the outward man or body of Mr.
Clayton was conveyed—for it never could be ascertained whether he were or ..."
4. Foster's Complete Hoyle: An Encyclopedia of All the Indoor Games Played at by Robert Frederick Foster (1897)
"588" Fifteen-ball Pool 587 Following Pool 588 Forty-one Pool 587 Little Corporal
597 high-low-jack Pool 587 Pin Pool 595 Shell Out 586 Pool with Dominoes ..."
5. Views of Religion by Rufus King Noyes (1906)
"Father, Son and Holy Ghost are the high-low-jack of Christianity. HENRY DRUMMOND.
Science meets the entire conception of immortality with a direct negative. ..."
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