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bookends

bookends noun: an ace and a ten as a starting hand in Texas hold 'em. Also the plural of bookend.

Noun

bookends

  1. (slang) An ace and a ten as a starting hand in Texas hold 'em.

Also used as

bookends is also the plural of bookend.

bookends is also the third-person singular simple present indicative of bookend.

Origin of bookends

Poker sense: because the cards are the first and last in a top straight.

Questions about bookends

What does bookends mean?
Bookends means an ace and a ten as a starting hand in Texas hold 'em.
What part of speech is bookends?
Bookends is a noun.

Words near bookends in the dictionary

  1. booked solid
  2. booked up
  3. bookend
  4. bookended
  5. bookending
  6. bookends
  7. booker
  8. Booker Bay
  9. bookeries
  10. bookers
  11. bookery

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