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high-low-jack

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high-low-jack (hljk)
n.
A card game in which points are scored for the high trump, low trump, jack of trumps, and either the ten of trumps or game.
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Noun1.high-low-jack - card games in which points are won for taking the high or low or jack or game
all fours
card game, cards - a game played with playing cards
cinch - a form of all fours in which the players bid for the privilege of naming trumps
auction pitch, pitch - an all-fours game in which the first card led is a trump
old sledge, seven-up - a form of all fours in which a total of seven points is game


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We had up a lot of whisky, and went to playing high-low-jack for dimes, and as soon as the whisky begun to take hold of Bud we stopped drinking, but we didn't let him stop.
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