schafkopfn.
/ˈʃɑːfkɒpf/, U.S. /ˈʃɑfˌkɔ(p)f/ Cards.
= sheep's head n. 2b.
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1886 Weekly Wisconsin (Milwaukee) 16 Jan. 6/3 Schafkopf is a better game than penuchle... Schafkopf is played with a pack of thirty-two cards.
1913 Off. Rules Card Games (U.S. Playing Card Co.) (ed. 17) 205 Schafkopf..(Sheepshead)... Object of the Game—To win in tricks certain cards of counting value as follows: A's, 11, 10, K's 4, Q's 3, and J's 2.
1951 F. Brown Murder can be Fun iv. 57 I knew he played schaffskopf—sheepshead... It's a three-handed game.
1960 Economist 12 Mar. 989/1 Presidential candidates beat their way..to shake hands with schafskopf players in the back rooms of taverns, and to greet factory workers at 5 o'clock in the morning.
1978 Fortune 22 May 45/1 Cards are on hand for those who like to play Schafskopf—Sheep's Head, a traditional Milwaukee-German game—after lunch in one of the half-dozen ornate booths.
2017 Burlington (Iowa) Hawk Eye 2 June 7 b/3 He enjoyed raising cows and playing cards, especially Schafkopf.
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