cold deck

noun Cards Slang.

a pack with the cards in prearranged order, secretly exchanged for the one in use; stacked deck.

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 Carney
W. A. Fraser