four flush

¹ American  

noun

Poker.

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

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four-flush ² American  

[fawr-fluhsh, fohr-] / ˈfɔrˌflʌʃ, ˈfoʊr- /

verb (used without object)

1. to bluff.

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

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four flush British  

noun

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

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verb

1. to bid confidently on a poor hand such as a four flush

2. a slang word for bluff 1

Etymology

Origin of four flush¹

An Americanism dating back to 1885–90

Origin of four-flush²

An Americanism dating back to 1895–1900

Example Sentences

I hear a lot of four flush about what men are willing to do.

From Youth Challenges by Kelland, Clarence Budington

He felt as he used to feel when under the student lamp in his college room he had calculated the chances of filling a bobtail straight as against a four flush.

From Mortmain by Train, Arthur Cheny

"It's a four flush," declared one old fellow, hotly.

From Youth Challenges by Kelland, Clarence Budington

Mr. Gus Johnson, who had a four flush and very little prudence, came in.

From The Wit and Humor of America, Volume VI. (of X.) by Wilder, Marshall Pinckney

"It's me to go back to trainin' four flush comers again," says I, when he'd gone.

From Shorty McCabe by Wilson, F. Vaux (Francis Vaux)

Related Words

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• counterfeit
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• fake
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• pervert
• tamper with