four flush

¹

noun

, Poker.

1. a hand having four cards of one suit and one card of another suit; an imperfect flush.

four-flush

²

[ fawr-fluhsh, fohr- ]

verb (used without object)

1. to bluff.
2. Poker. to bluff on the basis of a four flush.

four flush

noun

1. a useless poker hand, containing four of a suit and one odd card

verb

1. to bid confidently on a poor hand such as a four flush
2. a slang word for bluff 1

Word History and Origins

Origin of four flush¹

An Americanism dating back to 1885–90

Origin of four flush²

An Americanism dating back to 1895–1900

Example Sentences

And I know the West well enough now to be sure that four-flush doesn't belong here and can't last here.

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Sometimes, however, Time will fill a four-flush with the joker, and then laugh while he rakes in the chips.

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Besides, he was no more of a "four-flush" financier than most of the automobile contingent, at that.

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It means a four-flush, said Jack, who was liberal in definitions.

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I want Riggs shown up as the coward, braggart, four-flush that he is.

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