four-flush
Example Sentences
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I felt like I'd opened up a jack-pot on a four-flush, but Pinckney and the rest seemed to be having a good time, so I stuck it out.
From Shorty McCabe by Wilson, F. Vaux (Francis Vaux)
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
“Anybody that would bet a four-flush against two aces in sight, the way you did when Billy won that three-thousand-dollar pot from you, ought never to play anything stronger than ping-pong for the cigarettes.”
From Young Wallingford by Chester, George Randolph
A small-change bunk what's bats on spending free Can't four-flush when he's paying rent for two.
From The Love Sonnets of a Car Conductor by Irwin, Wallace
"If Riggs follows me and tries any of his four-flush desperado games he'll have his hands full," said Bo, grimly.
From The Man of the Forest by Grey, Zane
