four flush

four flush

noun Poker.
a hand having four cards of one suit and one card of another suit; an imperfect flush.

Origin:
1885–90, Americanism

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Four flush is always a great word to know.
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a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc.
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
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four-flush

[fawr-fluhsh, fohr-]
verb (used without object)
1.
to bluff.
2.
Poker. to bluff on the basis of a four flush.

Origin:
1895–1900, Americanism
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four flush
 
n
1.  a useless poker hand, containing four of a suit and one odd card
 
vb
2.  to bid confidently on a poor hand such as a four flush
3.  (US), (Canadian) a slang word for bluff

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