four-flush
Example Sentences
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"If Riggs follows me and tries any of his four-flush desperado games he'll have his hands full," said Bo, grimly.
From The Man of the Forest by Grey, Zane
"I'd have thrown him out at first easily if that four-flush third baseman hadn't bumped me," snapped Williams, his pride hurt.
From Jimmy Kirkland and the Plot for a Pennant by Fullerton, Hugh S.
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
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
Playing a four-flush gives a man control of his face and voice.
From Plain Mary Smith A Romance of Red Saunders by Phillips, Henry Wallace
