pedro

American  

[pee-droh, pay-] / ˈpi droʊ, ˈpeɪ- /

noun

Cards.

• pedros
  plural

1. any of several varieties of the game all fours in which the five of trumps counts at its face value.

2. the five of trumps.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• pedros
  plural

Etymology

Origin of pedro

First recorded in 1870–75; from Spanish: literally, “Peter”; see Peter ( def. )

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pedro

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From Economist ● Oct. 19, 2012

The pedro was probably a gun of large calibre for throwing stone bullets.

From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 09 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time by Robert Kerr

Spence, the despatcher, interrupting Carleton and Regan at their nightly pedro, came hastily into the room.

From The Night Operator by Frank L. (Frank Lucius) Packard

Just at supper time, as the freight was pulling out of a small town, a man climbed into the car where I was playing pedro with three other stiffs.

From The Road by Jack London

But that night over their usual game of pedro in the super's office, it was a little different.

From The Night Operator by Frank L. (Frank Lucius) Packard