dead man's hand
Americannoun
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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
Hickok was still holding his cards - aces and eights, since known as the dead man's hand.
From BBC • Dec. 29, 2015
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
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
They answered that if the dead man's hand were but given them, they would go away quietly, and do no harm to anyone.
From The Haunters & The Haunted Ghost Stories And Tales Of The Supernatural by Rhys, Ernest
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