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How to use deuce in a sentence

17 example sentences · noun

Deuce means a card with two pips, one of four in a standard deck of playing cards. Example: “We had a deuce of a time getting here.”

Examples of deuce by meaning

nounA card with two pips, one of four in a standard deck of playing cards.

  • The deuce reminds me that the bible is divided into two parts; the Old and New Testaments.1948 January 1, “Deck of Cards” (track 20), in Famous Country Music Makers, performed by Tex Ritter

nounA two-year prison sentence.

  • Bisexual male, 28, doing a deuce in a segregated housing unit due to positive HIV test result, seeks correspondence from both genders.1988 December 25, Eric Peterson, “Personal advertisement”, in Gay Community News, volume 16, number 24, page 14

nounA 1932 Ford.

  • It belonged to “the 1932 guy,” who had four or five Deuces sitting in his yard.2012, Pat Ganahl, Lost Hot Rods II: More Remarkable Stories of How They Were Found, page 62

nounThe amount of two dollars or two pounds.

  • Lend me a deuce until next week, will ya?1934, Collier's, volume 93, page 24

nounA twopence coin.

  • 'Down with your deuces', was the demand after each pair of birds had competed.2010, James Lambie, The Story of Your Life, page 139

nounSynonym of devil (“something awkward or difficult”).

  • We had a deuce of a time getting here.

More sentences with deuce

  • I don't know what the deuce you think you're doing.From the entry what the deuce
  • The deuces are wild, he would announce before a pitch.2015, Michael Connelly, The Crossing. From the entry deuces wild
  • Rudy flipped the whole deck across the table at me and the cards sailed to the floor, kings, queens, deuces.2004, Karen Salyer McElmurray, Strange Birds in the Tree of Heaven. From the entry war
  • A had quad fours; B had quad deuces.2001, Alfred Alvarez, Poker: Bets, Bluffs and Bad Beats, page 90. From the entry quad
  • "Why the deuce can't he smile at me?"1917, George W. Gough, chapter 19, in The Yeoman Adventurer. From the entry ikkle
  • "What the deuce are you doing in that rig-out?" "I - I have taken orders," said the curate hurriedly.1913, Norman Lindsay, A Curate in Bohemia, Sydney: N.S.W. Bookstall Co., published 1932, page 4. From the entry take orders
  • "What the deuce are you doing in that rigout?" "I - I have taken orders," said the curate hurriedly.1913, Norman Lindsay, A Curate in Bohemia, Sydney: N.S.W. Bookstall Co., published 1932, page 4. From the entry rigout
  • “The deuce you say!” repeated Sir John in undisguised astonishment.1910 December, E. B. Mitchell, “The Border: A Complete Novelette”, in Adventure, volume I, number 2, page 353. From the entry the deuce you say
  • “Yes, Tennington, of course,” ventured Clayton; “it must be a bully idea if you had it, but what the deuce is it?1913, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Return of Tarzan, New York: Ballantine Books, published 1963, page 112. From the entry steam
  • Sharp at eight we were waiting on the wharf where the Messagerie boats lie, and wondering what the deuce was going to happen.1905, Guy Newell Boothby, “The Treasure of Sacramento Nick”, in A Crime of the Under-Seas, London: Ward Lock & Co Limited, →OCLC, →OL. From the entry eight
  • I wanted nothing to do with that woman outside of this S.I. piece, and then we could chuck the deuces and go back to our lives.2021, Love Belvin, Our Reckless Hope. From the entry chuck the deuces

Meaning of deuce

  1. noun A card with two pips, one of four in a standard deck of playing cards.
  2. noun A side of a die with two spots.
  3. noun A cast of dice totalling two.

Full definition of deuce

Questions about deuce in a sentence

How do you use deuce in a sentence?
Deuce is used as a noun. For example: “We had a deuce of a time getting here.”
What is a short sentence with deuce?
“"Why the deuce can't he smile at me?"”
What does deuce mean?
Deuce means a card with two pips, one of four in a standard deck of playing cards.

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