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Definition of Straight flush
1. Noun. A poker hand with consecutive cards in the same suit.
Definition of Straight flush
1. Noun. (poker) straight with all cards the same suit ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Straight Flush
Literary usage of Straight flush
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"A higher straight flush, or straight, wins of a lower one ; the cards rank as at
whist, ... A straight flush (sequence of five cards of the same suit). 2. ..."
2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"A straight flush (sequence of five cards of the same suit). 2. ... A higher
straight flush, or straight, wins of a lower one ; the cards rank as at whist, ..."
3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"straight flush, a sequence of five cards all of the same suit; eg knave, 10, 9,
... Royal Flush, the highest possible straight flush; eg ace, king, queen, ..."
4. The American Hoyle: Or, Gentleman's Hand-book of Games, Containing All the by William Brisbane Dick (1894)
"If, however, it has been agreed before commencing to play that straights are to
be counted in the game, a straight flush outranks four cards of the same ..."
5. Foster's Complete Hoyle: An Encyclopedia of All the Indoor Games Played at by Robert Frederick Foster (1897)
"The chances against getting the straight or the flush have been given ; the odds
against getting the straight flush are 24 to 1. ..."
6. Easy Money by Harry Brolaski (1911)
"... 693 to 1 Four of a kind 4164 to 1 straight flush 64973 to 1 Royal Flush ...
4J4 to 1 Four-straight flush Chance against improvement 4 to 1 Four-straight ..."
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