four-flush

four-flush
/fawr"flush', fohr"-/, v.i.
1. to bluff.
2. Poker. to bluff on the basis of a four flush.
[1895-1900, Amer.]

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  • four flush — noun Date: 1887 four cards of the same suit in a 5 card poker hand …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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