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noun Cards.

a gambling game played by two to ten persons with a pack of 52 cards, in which players bet in turn that their hands contain a card of the same suit as the top card of the stock and of higher rank.

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Also called high-card pool.

Origin of red dog

First recorded in 1925–30

Words nearby red dog

Redding, reddish, Redditch, reddle, reddleman, red dog, red dogwood, red doll, red drum, red duster, red dwarf

Other definitions for red dog (2 of 2)

red-dog

[ red-dawg, -dog ]

/ ˈrɛdˌdɔg, -ˌdɒg /

Football.(esp. of linebackers)

verb (used with object), red-dogged, red-dog·ging.

to charge directly for (the passer) as soon as the ball is snapped.

verb (used without object), red-dogged, red-dog·ging.

to red-dog the passer.

Origin of red-dog

First recorded in 1950–55

OTHER WORDS FROM red-dog

red-dogger, noun

How to use red dog in a sentence

Former Red Sox star Curt Schilling says his politics are keeping him out of Cooperstown.
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Nor does the jet have the ability to capture high-definition video, utilize an infra-red pointer.
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There was deep brown flesh, and bronze flesh, and pallid white flesh, and flesh turned red from the hot sun.
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Indeed, although he works here in the old town, he lives in the new part of the city where he walks his dog in the morning.
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A Republican candidate hoping to win red state support could find a worse team to root for than one from Dallas.
Will Chris Christie Regret His Cowboy Hug?|Matt Lewis|January 5, 2015|DAILY BEAST
A little boy of four was moved to passionate grief at the sight of a dead dog taken from a pond.
Children's Ways|James Sully
Beginners must be warned against mistaking the edges of cells, or particles which have retained the red stain, for bacilli.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
Under the internal pressure his whiskers stood on end and his face grew red.
The Bondboy|George W. (George Washington) Ogden
A was an Archer, who shot at a frog; B was a Butcher, and had a great dog.
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“You appear to feel it so,” rejoined Mr. Pickwick, smiling at the clerk, who was literally red-hot.
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