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cold decks

cold decks is the plural of cold deck.

cold decks is the third-person singular simple present indicative of cold deck.

Meaning of cold deck

Noun

cold deck (plural cold decks)

  1. A hand where two or more players have very strong hands and one or more of them loses a lot of chips despite the strength of the hand(s) involved.
  2. A pre-shuffled deck of cards substituted for the real deck in order to cheat.
    • The cold deck can be run into play by the cheat himself or by his accomplice […]1991, A. D. Livingston, Poker Strategy and Winning Play, page 84
    Synonyms:
    cooler

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Questions about cold decks

What is cold decks the plural of?
Cold decks is the plural of cold deck.

Words near cold decks in the dictionary

  1. cold day in Hell
  2. cold days in Hell
  3. cold deck
  4. cold decked
  5. cold decking
  6. cold decks
  7. cold dish
  8. cold dishes
  9. cold drink money
  10. cold drop
  11. cold drops

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