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one-eyed jacks

one-eyed jacks is the plural of one-eyed jack.

Meaning of one-eyed jack

Noun

one-eyed jack (plural one-eyed jacks)

  1. (slang) Either the jack of spades or jack of hearts, on which the jack is commonly depicted in profile.
    • The game is seven card stud. After the queen, one-eyed jacks and low card in the hole are wild.1989 June 26, “The Emissary” (2:05), in Star Trek: The Next Generation, season 2, episode 20, spoken by Data (Brent Spiner)
  2. Synonym of egg in a hole.
    Synonyms:
    egg in a hole

Questions about one-eyed jacks

What is one-eyed jacks the plural of?
One-eyed jacks is the plural of one-eyed jack.

Words near one-eyed jacks in the dictionary

  1. one-eighty
  2. one-er
  3. one-ers
  4. one-eyed
  5. one-eyed jack
  6. one-eyed jacks
  7. one-eyed king
  8. one-eyed kings
  9. one-eyed monster
  10. one-eyed monsters
  11. one-eyed snake

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