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euchre

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eu·chre  (ykr)
n.
1. A card game played usually with the highest 32 cards, in which each player is dealt 5 cards and the player making the trump is required to take at least 3 tricks to win.
2. The act of euchring an opponent.
tr.v. eu·chred, eu·chring, eu·chres
1. To prevent (an opponent) from taking 3 tricks in euchre.
2. To deceive by sly or underhand means; cheat: euchred us out of our life savings.
[Origin unknown.]
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Noun1.euchre - a card game similar to ecarte; each player is dealt 5 cards and the player making trump must take 3 tricks to win a hand
five hundred
card game, cards - a game played with playing cards
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The Progressive Euchre Club arranged with the Vannis for the exclusive use of the floor on Tuesday and Friday nights.
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We called for a deck of cards and sat down at a table and played euchre for an hour, in which time Louis treated once, and I treated once, to beer--the cheapest drink, ten cents for two.
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He taught me euchre, and after dividing London between us, I taking the northern side and he the southern, we played for parish points.
The War Of The Worlds by Wells, H.G. View in context
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