cold deck
- a pack with the cards in prearranged order, secretly exchanged for the one in use; stacked deck.
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Origin of cold deck
An Americanism dating back to 1855–60
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Cursing Bulldog for a cold-deck sharp, the other sullenly obeyed.
Bulldog CarneyW. A. Fraser