52-card pickup
American
[fif-tee too-kahrd pik-uhp]
/ ˈfɪf tiˈtuˌkɑrd ˈpɪk ʌp /
noun
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a prankish card game; a practical joke in which a game is presumed, but instead all the cards from a standard deck are scattered into the air and have to be picked up.
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any of various card games that involve plays made from a deck of scattered cards.
Etymology
Origin of 52-card pickup
First recorded in 1940–45
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