four of a kind

American  

noun

Poker.

1. a set of four cards of the same denominations.

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Etymology

Origin of four of a kind

First recorded in 1930–35

Example Sentences

A king came on the river to give him four of a kind.

From Newsweek • Jul. 18, 2010

Ethics are somewhat mixed, the principals in an excellent poker sequence shifting cards until Dix acquires four of a kind, raking in thereby $4,000.

From Time Magazine Archive

"He could look sad and beautiful and humble while he held four of a kind, timidly and carefully betting against other people's full houses."

From Time Magazine Archive

You're smooth stuff, Pierre, too smooth to think that I'm talking four of a kind on a bob-tail flush.

From The Blue Goose by Nason, Frank Lewis

But that business was a-fannin' to beat four of a kind.

From The Virginian, a Horseman of the Plains by Wister, Owen