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with blackjack and hookers

with blackjack and hookers prepositional phrase: improved, enhanced; said of a new competing product or service compared to an existing one.

Prepositional phrase

  1. (US, humorous, slang, vulgar) Improved, enhanced; said of a new competing product or service compared to an existing one.
    • You're suggesting that I start my own Themiscyra, with blackjack and hookers?” Maria frowned. “Well, you could have whatever you wanted. It would be your own island. Though, of course, I would argue for legalised sex work.” “You would?2021, L.C. Mawson, Ember Academy for Young Witches: Books 1-6: The Complete Series, L.C. Mawson
    • An exception was the Gallic Empire led by Postumus. This mini empire consisted of the Roman provinces of Gaul, Germania, Britannia and (briefly) Hispania. It had broken away and started its own thing (with blackjack and hookers) in 260 CE, rejecting the wider Roman Empire entirely.2023 September 7, Emma Southon, A History of the Roman Empire in 21 Women, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see with, blackjack, and, hookers.

Origin of with blackjack and hookers

From the episode "The Series Has Landed" (1999) of the American animated sitcom Futurama, which includes a running gag involving the robot character Bender stating that he will build his own versions of tourist attractions after being excluded from them, but "with blackjack and hookers" added.

Questions about with blackjack and hookers

What does with blackjack and hookers mean?
With blackjack and hookers means improved, enhanced; said of a new competing product or service compared to an existing one.
What part of speech is with blackjack and hookers?
With blackjack and hookers is a prepositional phrase.

Words near with blackjack and hookers in the dictionary

  1. with arms wide open
  2. with bad grace
  3. with baited breath
  4. with bated breath
  5. with bells on
  6. with blackjack and hookers
  7. with both eyes open
  8. with both hands
  9. with brass knobs on
  10. with calf
  11. with cause

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