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Slobberhannes

Slobberhannes noun: a trick-taking card game for four players in which the aim is to avoid taking the first and last tricks and the queen of clubs.

Noun

Slobberhannes (uncountable)

  1. A trick-taking card game for four players in which the aim is to avoid taking the first and last tricks and the queen of clubs.
    • If, in the same hand, a player wins all three tricks above mentioned, he is said to get Slobberhannes, and must score an extra point for it.1903, Enquire Within Upon Everything, Houlston and Sons, page 55
    • Slobberhannes is played with a Euchre pack, thirty-two cards, all below the Seven being deleted. The cards rank: A K Q J 10 9 8 7, the ace being the highest both in cutting and in play.1922, Robert Frederick Foster, Foster's complete Hoyle, Good Press, page 368

Questions about Slobberhannes

What does Slobberhannes mean?
Slobberhannes means a trick-taking card game for four players in which the aim is to avoid taking the first and last tricks and the queen of clubs.
What part of speech is Slobberhannes?
Slobberhannes is a noun.

Words near Slobberhannes in the dictionary

  1. slobbered
  2. slobberer
  3. slobberers
  4. slobberfest
  5. slobberfests
  6. Slobberhannes
  7. slobberier
  8. slobberiest
  9. slobberin'
  10. slobberiness
  11. slobbering

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