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deuce



Pronunciation: (dOOs, dyOOs), [key]
—n.
1. Cards.a card having two pips; a two, or two-spot.
2. Dice.
a. the face of a die having two pips.
b. a cast or point of two.
3. Tennis.a situation, as a score of 40–40 in a game or 5–5 in a match, in which a player must score two successive points to win the game or two successive games to win the set.
4. Slang.
a. a two-dollar bill.
b. the sum of two dollars.

—adj.
(esp. in games, sports, and gambling) two.

deuce



Pronunciation: (dOOs, dyOOs), [key]
—n.
devil; dickens (used as a mild oath): Where the deuce did they hide it?

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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