four-flush
Example Sentences
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He let out a roar an' got wild with his hands, like them four-flush fellers do who wants to look real bad.
From The U. P. Trail by Grey, Zane
“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
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
Facts have been told showin' a strange an' sudden growth of this here four-flush labor union.
From The Desert of Wheat by Grey, Zane
A small-change bunk what's bats on spending free Can't four-flush when he's paying rent for two.
From The Love Sonnets of a Car Conductor by Irwin, Wallace