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deuce 1. a. a playing card or dice with two pips or spots; two b. a throw of two in dice 2. Tennis a tied score (in tennis 40-all) that requires one player to gain two successive points to win the game How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| He couldn't play any longer at innocence; so how the deuce would he get out of it? I wished a round score of men--in case of natives, buccaneers, or the odious French--and I had the worry of the deuce itself to find so much as half a dozen, till the most remarkable stroke of fortune brought me the very man that I required. He passed, and I went on; a few steps, and I turned: a sliding sound and an exclamation of "What the deuce is to do now? |
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