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
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
The carets Bill was holding fell to the floor face up�aces and eights, known ever after as the "dead man's hand."
From Time Magazine Archive
He could only think of a dead man's hand.
From The Just and the Unjust by Bracker, M. Leone
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