See Also: charnel house(dictionary)
Cutting Cards - Poker(gambling)
Cutting the Cards - Poker(gambling)
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Cutting Cards - Poker (gambling) and charnel house (oh)


Cutting Cards - Poker (gambling)


Participate in a quick method of determining the player to first deal when a game starts, or apportion odd chips at the end of a private game. Each player takes a portion of the deck, similar to the way a cutter cuts the deck, and then turns up his section so that its bottom card is exposed; the player who cuts either the highest or, by agreement, the lowest, card wins.

charnel house (oh)



[Date: 1500-1600; Language: French; Origin: charnel, from Medieval Latin carnale, from Late Latin carnalis; CARNAL]
literary a place where the bodies and bones of dead people are stored