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vetch (iou) and Brush Off - Poker (gambling)


vetch (iou)



vetch noun. Also (earlier) fetch. See also FITCH noun1. ME.
[Anglo-Norman veche = Old French vece (mod. vesce), from Latin vicia.]
The seed of any plant of the genus Vicia (see sense 2 below), esp. in ref. to its small size or insignificance. ME.
Any of various leguminous plants of the genus Vicia, typically climbing plants with tendrils and numerous pairs of opposite leaflets; spec. (more fully common vetch) V. sativa, which is sometimes grown for fodder (cf. TARE noun1 2b). Also, any of certain leguminous plants of Other genera. LME.
bitter-vetch, horseshoe-vetch, kidney vetch, milk-vetch, etc.
vetchy adjective (rare) composed of vetches; having many vetches: L16.

Brush Off - Poker (gambling)


Give a thief a secret sign to leave; usually brush someone off. This is usually done by a houseman who privately (in such a way as not to embarrass the thief and not to alert the unknowing customers that some of the patrons may not be strictly on the up-and-up) requests a player to leave. The request is often in the form of a finger run unobtrusively up the offender' s spine. It can be a literal brushing motion (hence the name) of one hand down the Other arm, starting below the elbow, across the Other hand, which is palm down, to the fingertips. It can also be a brushing motion of one hand across the upper lip.