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schafskopf

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schafs⋅kopf

[shafs-kawpf]
–noun Cards.
sheepshead (def. 4).

Origin:
< G: sheepshead

sheeps⋅head

[sheeps-hed]
–noun, plural (especially collectively) -head, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) -heads for 1–3.
1. a deep-bodied, black-banded food fish, Archosargus probatocephalus, living along the Atlantic coast of the U.S.
2. a freshwater drum, Aplodinotus grunniens, of eastern North America.
3. sheephead.
4. Also called schafskopf. Cards. an earlier and simpler form of skat.
5. Obsolete. a foolish or stupid person.

Origin:
1535–45; sheep + 's 1 + head
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