deuces wild

American  

noun

Cards.

1. a variety or method of playing certain poker and other games in which a deuce represents any suit or denomination that the holder chooses.

   We're playing five-card stud, deuces wild.

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Etymology

Origin of deuces wild

First recorded in 1910–15

Example Sentences

Even economics may be willing to play a hand with deuces wild but it has not yet learned how to play when half the pack may be declared wild at any moment.

From Time Magazine Archive

We all went out in the last war to abolish all former diplomatic games of seven-toed pete with deuces wild.

From Time Magazine Archive

"They're a pair all right, and they'd make a great hand if you was playin' deuces wild."

From Gullible's Travels, Etc. by Lardner, Ring

Oh, it was deuces wild for about three minutes.

From Ma Pettengill by Wilson, Harry Leon

In the idiom of Ventura Boulevard, he'd hit 'em with the whole deck, deuces wild.

From The Glory of Ippling by Urban, Helen M.