(card games, obsolete, UK, North Country) The four of hearts, considered an unlucky card.
(card games, obsolete, UK, North Country) The four of hearts, considered an unlucky card.
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A card players' slang term for the four of clubs — one of the unlucky cards in traditional British superstition and card-game folklore. The name implies something sinister or ill-omened about this particular card, though the exact origin of the superstition is unclear. Used among card players in Britain.
(card games, slang) The four of clubs.
(obsolete, slang, humorous) A pack of cards.
(UK, slang, obsolete) A cheap hat.
(cards, slang) The nine of diamonds.