freezeout

American  

[freez-out] / ˈfrizˌaʊt /

Or freeze-out

noun

Poker.

1. a game in which each player begins with a predetermined amount of money and must withdraw from the game once that amount is lost, until one player is left with all the winnings.

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Etymology

Origin of freezeout

1850–55, noun use of verb phrase freeze out

Example Sentences

I didn't try to keep shady, for I thought it began to look like a game of freezeout, and I kept the west side of the street.

From Against Odds A Detective Story by Lynch, Lawrence L.