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deuces

noun

Meaning

  1. A card with two pips, one of four in a standard deck of playing cards.
  2. A side of a die with two spots.
  3. A cast of dice totalling two.
  4. The number two.
  5. A tied game where either player can win by scoring two consecutive points.
  6. A curveball.
  7. (epithet) The Devil, used in exclamations of confusion or anger.
  8. A pair of twos.
  9. Peace; goodbye (because of the associated gesture holding up two fingers)

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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