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slapjack

[ slap-jak ]

noun

  1. a simple card game.
  2. a flapjack or griddlecake.


slapjack

/ ˈ²õ±ôæ±èËŒ»åÏôæ°ì /

noun

  1. a simple card game
  2. another word for pancake
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of slapjack1

First recorded in 1790–1800; slap 1 + jack 1
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of slapjack1

C19: from slap + jack 1
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Example Sentences

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Three old men played a game of slapjack in a corner.

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His second visit to his friend was like the first, except that the old men in the room watched them listlessly and did not play slapjack.

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He remembered the narrow white beds and the old men playing slapjack in the corner.

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To prove he was worth his salt in card-sharking, Fallon asked Reynolds to engage in a friendly game of Slapjack, yet another one of Fallon’s twisted divertissements.

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They play Slapjack, which, as Fallon explains, is just like Blackjack, but after each round, the winner gets to slap the loser across the face with a giant prosthetic hand.

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