to bluff.
Poker. to bluff on the basis of a four flush.
to bid confidently on a poor hand such as a four flush
a slang word for bluff 1
An Americanism dating back to 1885–90
An Americanism dating back to 1895–1900
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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.
From Mortmain by Train, Arthur Cheny
"It's a four flush," declared one old fellow, hotly.
From Youth Challenges by Kelland, Clarence Budington
Mr. Gus Johnson, who had a four flush and very little prudence, came in.
From The Wit and Humor of America, Volume VI. (of X.) by Wilder, Marshall Pinckney
"It's me to go back to trainin' four flush comers again," says I, when he'd gone.
From Shorty McCabe by Wilson, F. Vaux (Francis Vaux)
I hear a lot of four flush about what men are willing to do.
From Youth Challenges by Kelland, Clarence Budington
Besides, he was no more of a "four-flush" financier than most of the automobile contingent, at that.
From Skinner's Dress Suit by Wilson, F. Vaux (Francis Vaux)
And I know the West well enough now to be sure that four-flush doesn't belong here and can't last here.
From The Man of the Forest by Grey, Zane
However, it was no difficult thing for one of my calling to tell the difference between a real bad man and the imitation "four-flush."
From The Rustlers of Pecos County by Grey, Zane
Playing a four-flush gives a man control of his face and voice.
From Plain Mary Smith A Romance of Red Saunders by Phillips, Henry Wallace
An' don't you always want to meet a real man, not a four-flush?
From The Lone Star Ranger, a romance of the border by Grey, Zane
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