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noun
1.
a short, leather-covered club, consisting of a heavy head on a flexible handle, used as a weapon.
2.
Cards.
a.
twenty-one (def. 4).
b.
Also called natural. (in twenty-one) an ace together with a ten or a face card as the first two cards dealt.
c.
a variety of twenty-one in which any player can become dealer.
3.
black flag (defs. 1, 2).
4.
a small oak, Quercus marilandica, of the eastern U.S., having a nearly black bark and a wood of little value except for fuel.
5.
EXPANDa large drinking cup or jug for beer, ale, etc., originally made of leather coated externally with tar. Compare bombard (def. 7).
6.
caramel or burnt sugar for coloring spirits, vinegar, coffee, etc.
7.
COLLAPSEMineralogy. a dark, iron-rich variety of sphalerite.
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Black-jack
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| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
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noun
1.
John Joseph (“Blackjack”), 1860–1948, U.S. general: commander of the American Expeditionary Forces in World War I.
2.
Military.
a.
a 46-ton (42 metric tons) U.S. heavy tank of 1944–52, with a five-man crew and a 90mm gun.
b.
a two-stage surface-to-surface ballistic missile.
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