chase the ace
(card games) A card game in which players try to avoid holding the lowest card, aces counting low.
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(card games) A card game in which players try to avoid holding the lowest card, aces counting low.
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(Canada, gambling) A form of lottery in which a player who draws the ace of spades wins the accumulated money.
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(AU) tag (the children's game).
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(Australia) A children's chasing game with multiple players in which one person runs after other players attempting to catch or touch them; a player caught then becomes the new chaser.
- chasey61%
The Australian word for the playground game of tag — one person is 'it' and everyone else runs for their life. Chasey is pure childhood, requiring zero equipment and generating maximum chaos. While the rest of the world calls it tag or 'it', Australians gave it their own spin, and the word perfectly captures the frantic, giggly energy of being chased across a schoolyard.
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(card games) A king, queen, jack, or sometimes ace in a standard deck of playing cards.