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cross and pile

cross and pile noun: the game of wagering money on heads or tails.

Noun

cross and pile (uncountable)

  1. (UK, obsolete) The game of wagering money on heads or tails.

cross and pile meaning in Tamil

cross and pile in Tamil

பூவா தலையா போட்டுப் பார்த்தல்

Origin of cross and pile

One side of the coin bore a cross; the other was called the pile.

Questions about cross and pile

What does cross and pile mean?
Cross and pile means the game of wagering money on heads or tails.
What is cross and pile in Tamil?
Cross and pile in Tamil is பூவா தலையா போட்டுப் பார்த்தல். See Cross and pile meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is cross and pile?
Cross and pile is a noun.

Words near cross and pile in the dictionary

  1. cross a bridge before one comes to it
  2. cross action
  3. cross actions
  4. cross aisle
  5. cross aisles
  6. cross and pile
  7. cross as two sticks
  8. cross assembler
  9. cross assemblers
  10. cross axle
  11. cross axles

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Adapted from Wiktionary: cross and pile (page history and authors); cross and pile (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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