deuces wild
nounCards.
a variety or method of playing certain poker and other games in which a deuce represents any suit or denomination that the holder chooses: We're playing five-card stud, deuces wild.
Origin of deuces wild
1First recorded in 1910–15
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How to use deuces wild in a sentence
In the idiom of Ventura Boulevard, he'd hit 'em with the whole deck, deuces wild.
The Glory of Ippling | Helen M. UrbanThey're a pair all right, and they'd make a great hand if you was playin' deuces wild.
Gullible's Travels, Etc. | Ring W. LardnerThis sort of game with “the roof off and deuces wild,” was not good for the morale of his junior officers, mused the major.
The Law of Hemlock Mountain | Hugh LundsfordHe laid down two aces and two deuces, which under the cutthroat rule of “deuces wild” he was privileged to call four aces.
The Law of Hemlock Mountain | Hugh Lundsford
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