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fever
noun- five US
An intentional corruption of FIVER- On the four-part number six Otto actually sank his second putt for a bogey-five. “Fever!” Otto cried. “Gimme a fever!” “Five for Otto!” Archie said[.] — Joseph Wambaugh, The Secrets of Harry Bright, p. 150, 1985
- in craps, a roll of five US
Sometimes embellished to “fever in the South”. - — The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Sciences, p. 124, May 1950
- in a deck of playing cards, any five US, 1951
- — Albert H. Morehead, The Complete Guide to Winning Poker, p. 262, 1967
- a $5 note US, 1961
- — George Percy, The Language of Poker, p. 34, 1988
- an enthusiastic interest or, perhaps, mass hysteria UK, 1885
- Football fever gripped even Wimbledon yesterday with all eyes focused on Lisbon and England’s final Euro 2004 group match against Croatia. — The Guardian, 22 June 2004
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