four-flush
Example Sentences
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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 Zane Grey
"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 Hugh S. Fullerton
The interviewer, however, finally approved the visitors, stating definitely that "they are Regular Folks and they don't four-flush about anything."
From Abroad at Home American Ramblings, Observations, and Adventures of Julian Street by Julian Street
It’s a case of four aces or a four-flush, and no intermediate stations.
From Aladdin & Co. A Romance of Yankee Magic by Herbert Quick
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 F. Vaux (Francis Vaux) Wilson
