dead man's hand

American  

noun

Poker.

1. a hand containing the two pairs of two aces and two eights.

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dead man's hand

There’s even a sly reference to “aces and eights,” poker-playing Wild Bill Hickok’s famous dead man’s hand.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 7, 2018

The line "Read 'em and weep - the dead man's hand again" was, said Lemmy, a tribute to the Old West gunslinger Wild Bill Hickok.

From BBC ● Dec. 29, 2015

Hickok was still holding his cards - aces and eights, since known as the dead man's hand.

From BBC ● Dec. 29, 2015

In that voice the symbolism became tenebrous and severe: Here the stone images Are raised, here they receive The supplication of a dead man's hand Under the twinkle of a fading star.

From Time Magazine Archive

Fearfully had that ball sped fired by a dead man’s hand.

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