five hundred

American

noun

Cards.

a variety of euchre in which a joker and widow are included, the object being to score 500 points first.

five hundred British

noun

a card game for three players, with 500 points for game

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Etymology

Origin of five hundred

An Americanism dating back to 1915–20

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five hundred

Set five hundred years ago during Korea’s Joseon era, the hit period k-drama reveals how courtiers back then only deemed men skilled enough to craft meals worthy of royal consumption.

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