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costly colours

costly colours noun: an English card game for two players, similar to cribbage and particularly popular in Shropshire.

Noun

costly colours (uncountable)

  1. An English card game for two players, similar to cribbage and particularly popular in Shropshire.
    • Other games were cribbage, all fours, ruff and honours, French ruff, five cards, costly colours, bon ace, putt, plain dealing, Queen Nazareen, pennech, post and pair, bankafalat, beast.1882, John Ashton, Social Life in the Reign of Queen Anne, page 104

Forms of costly colours

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Questions about costly colours

What does costly colours mean?
Costly colours means an English card game for two players, similar to cribbage and particularly popular in Shropshire.
What part of speech is costly colours?
Costly colours is a noun.

Words near costly colours in the dictionary

  1. costlinesses
  2. Costlow
  3. Costlows
  4. costly
  5. costly colors
  6. costly colours
  7. costmaries
  8. costmary
  9. Costner
  10. costning
  11. costo-

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