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hole card
noun- in stud poker, a card dealt face-down US
- — Albert H. Morehead, The Complete Guide to Winning Poker, p. 265, 1967
- a resource in reserve US, 1926
- I also know that if I give up that gun it’s a probation violation vis-a-fucking-vis harboring contraband items. You know what a “hole card” is? — James Ellroy, White Jazz, p. 73, 1992
- the key to a person’s character US
From the game of stud poker, in which a “hole card” is a card dealt face-down. - People peeped your hole card then, knew where you were at. — Nathan Heard, Howard Street, p. 181, 1968
- I’ve seen him damn near every day and I wasn’t hip to his hole card. — A.S. Jackson, Gentleman Pimp, p. 104, 1973
- — Stewart L. Tubbs and Sylvia Moss, Human Communication, p. 121, 1974
- I thought you were a mackman, a master at the Game; But I peeped your hole card, you’re a funny-time lame. — Dennis Wepman et al., The Life, p. 39, 1976
- I regarded him flatly and said, “Yeah, you did. Now I know your hole card.” — Peter Coyote, Sleeping Where I Fall, p. 313, 1998
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