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river
noun
in a hand of poker, the final card received by a player UK- — Dave Scharf, Winning at Poker, p. 241, 2003
- — FHM, p. 147, June 2003
▶ across the river
dead US- — Vincent J. Monteleone, Criminal Slang, p. 9, 1949
▶ up the river; upriver
to a prison US- He had been a pickpocket until a long stretch up the river gave him a turn of mind. — Mickey Spillane, I, The Jury, p. 15, 1947
- “He’s been up the river so many times, we call him showboat.” — Harry Grey, The Hoods, p. 91, 1952
- [T]he poor jerk from Camden you take up the river to the Crossbars Hotel[.] — Darryl Ponicsan, The Last Detail, p. 181, 1970
- Or maybe he’s storing up memories for his trip upriver, like Butch. — Josh Alan Friedman, Tales of Times Square, p. 120, 1986
- Lance would have me sent upriver for a ten-year stretch. — C.D. Payne, Youth in Revolt, p. 355, 1993
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