four-flush
Example Sentences
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“Anybody that would bet a four-flush against two aces in sight, the way you did when Billy won that three-thousand-dollar pot from you, ought never to play anything stronger than ping-pong for the cigarettes.”
From Young Wallingford by Chester, George Randolph
Then, too, we're all tagged and labelled like cans of salmon with the price-mark on—we can't four-flush.
From The Ne'er-Do-Well by Beach, Rex Ellingwood
However, it was no difficult thing for one of my calling to tell the difference between a real bad man and the imitation "four-flush."
From The Rustlers of Pecos County by Grey, Zane
The interviewer, however, finally approved the visitors, stating definitely that "they are Regular Folks and they don't four-flush about anything."
From Abroad at Home American Ramblings, Observations, and Adventures of Julian Street by Street, Julian
It’s a case of four aces or a four-flush, and no intermediate stations.
From Aladdin & Co. A Romance of Yankee Magic by Quick, Herbert
