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beggar-my-neighbor

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Noun1.beggar-my-neighbor - a card game for two players in which the object is to win all of the other player's cards
beggar-my-neighbour, strip-Jack-naked
card game, cards - a game played with playing cards


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a policy of promoting oneself at the expense of others; used especially of national policy; "the United States has pursued a beggar-my-neighbor policy"
How Europe hits the world's poor; COMMENT by The Daily Mail (London, England)
a policy of promoting oneself at the expense of others; used especially of national policy; "the United States has pursued a beggar-my-neighbor policy"
Unfortunate decision on IMF and World Bank; City Comment by Hilton, Anthony / The Evening Standard (London, England)
The neomercantilism of the 1970s and 1980s differs from the 1930s version in two important aspects: It is devoid of the blatant nationalism of the first half of the century and its beggar-my-neighbor attitude; but it is saturated with the notions and doctrines of full employment by government fiat.
Free trade: the necessary foundation for world peace by Williamson, Chilton / National Review
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