U.S. An ace in the game of brag or poker; esp in two bullets and a bragger (see bragger, n. 2): a winning hand; also figurative.

Poker. A hand containing three of a kind and a pair; = full house, n. 2. Cf. full hand n. at compounds 1b.

= full house, n. 2.

a hand which is of sufficient value to play as it is dealt, without needing to draw from the pack; also figurative (chiefly U.S.).

In Poker, to go blind: to put up a blind (see blind, n. 8); hence to go (a specified stake) blind. Hence applied to forms of Poker in which this…

Poker. A hand containing three of a kind and a pair, which beats a flush and loses to four of a kind. Also figurative.

In poker: (see quot. 1880). U.S.

A hand at poker: see quots.

A hand consisting only of cards of little or no value.

a hand that requires a particular card or cards to be drawn from the deck in order to become valuable, as opposed to a made hand (see made hand n.).

Cards. A weak or poor hand, spec. (a) Bridge one that is unlikely to take a trick; (b) Poker one that fails to make a flush or a straight.

a hand that is valuable without requiring a particular card or cards to be drawn from the deck, as opposed to a drawing hand (see drawing hand n.).