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Synonyms for blackjack

Grammar : Verb
Spell : blak-jak
Phonetic Transcription : ˈblækˌdʒæk

Définition of blackjack

Origin :
  • used in many senses since 16c., earliest is possibly "tar-coated leather jug for beer" (1590s), from black (adj.) + jack in any of its many slang senses. The weapon so called from 1889; the card game by 1900.
  • verb coerce
Example sentences :
  • "On we went then," said Aylward, after a long pull at his blackjack.
  • Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • There would be a game of blackjack going on somewhere there about now.
  • Extract from : « The Martian Cabal » by Roman Frederick Starzl
  • The fact that it had been a blackjack that had hit him was important.
  • Extract from : « Out Like a Light » by Gordon Randall Garrett
  • I must have that girl, dad, or this town is a blackjack swamp forevermore.
  • Extract from : « The Four Million » by O. Henry
  • "Blackjack" Donnely had made that clear in his trial in Texas.
  • Extract from : « The Penal Cluster » by Ivar Jorgensen (AKA Randall Garrett)
  • Roland is so weak-minded that he takes the blackjack and puts it in his pocket.
  • Extract from : « The Criminal Imbecile » by Henry Herbert Goddard
  • George stooped over and whispered to me, Where is the blackjack?
  • Extract from : « The Criminal Imbecile » by Henry Herbert Goddard
  • The guard produced a blackjack and tapped the shot-filled leather in his palm.
  • Extract from : « Insidekick » by Jesse Franklin Bone
  • Then I suppose we give him the blackjack and take it all away from him?
  • Extract from : « Young Wallingford » by George Randolph Chester
  • He struck with the blackjack, and Lefty barely avoided the blow.
  • Extract from : « Lefty Locke Pitcher-Manager » by Burt L. Standish

Antonyms for blackjack

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