cold deck
a pack with the cards in prearranged order, secretly exchanged for the one in use; stacked deck.
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How to use cold deck in a sentence
The most expert manipulators of cards that ever dealt a second or shifted a cold deck sat behind the tables.
Twenty Years a Detective in the Wickedest City in the World | Clifton R. WooldridgeI had all I c'ud do not to make it plumb center, li'l' gel, but the jury'd ring in a cold deck on me if I had.
Rimrock Trail | J. Allan DunnThey both soon sank to sleep on the cold deck, huddled close to each other, and locked close in each other's arms.
The Pearl Box | "A Pastor"Marian, she's a fine little woman that minds her own business, but she's getting a cold deck slipped into the game right along.
Cow-Country | B. M. BowerBut the sudden change from the heated saloon to the cold deck chilled her, and she sneezed.
Mr. Opp | Alice Hegan Rice
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