four-flush
Example Sentences
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Duty calls and finds most men holding nothing but a four-flush.
From The Silly Syclopedia by Lott, Noah [pseud.]
“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
It’s a case of four aces or a four-flush, and no intermediate stations.
From Aladdin & Co. A Romance of Yankee Magic by Quick, Herbert
"I'd have thrown him out at first easily if that four-flush third baseman hadn't bumped me," snapped Williams, his pride hurt.
From Jimmy Kirkland and the Plot for a Pennant by Fullerton, Hugh S.
“Come on, boys; we’ll bring up a chunk of money that’ll stop all this four-flush conversation.”
From Young Wallingford by Chester, George Randolph
