four flush

¹

noun

Poker.

1. a hand having four cards of one suit and one card of another suit; an imperfect flush.

four-flush

²

[fawr-fluhsh, fohr-]

verb (used without object)

1. to bluff.

2. Poker.,  to bluff on the basis of a four flush.

four flush

noun

1. a useless poker hand, containing four of a suit and one odd card

verb

1. to bid confidently on a poor hand such as a four flush

2. a slang word for bluff 1

Word History and Origins

Origin of four flush¹

An Americanism dating back to 1885–90

Origin of four flush²

An Americanism dating back to 1895–1900

Example Sentences

He felt as he used to feel when under the student lamp in his college room he had calculated the chances of filling a bobtail straight as against a four flush.

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Mr. Gus Johnson, who had a four flush and very little prudence, came in.

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I hear a lot of four flush about what men are willing to do.

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"It's a four flush," declared one old fellow, hotly.

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