beggar-my-neighbour
a card game in which one player tries to win all the cards of the other player
(modifier) relating to or denoting an advantage gained by one side at the expense of the other: beggar-my-neighbour policies
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How to use beggar-my-neighbour in a sentence
Blind each of one eye, they set to dealing their cards for beggar-my-neighbour.
Little Novels of Italy | Maurice Henry HewlettDiplomacy is after all a simple game—even elementary—a magnificent beggar-my-neighbour which we continue to play into eternity.'
A Modern Mercenary | Kate Prichard and Hesketh Vernon Hesketh-PrichardOn principle, Clare disliked losing, even at beggar-my-neighbour.
Regiment of Women | Clemence DanePeople aren't such fools as to start playing beggar-my-neighbour with Ascher, Stutz & Co.
Gossamer | George A. BirminghamHow could they have known that it was not beggar-my-neighbour?
Miss Mackenzie | Anthony Trollope
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