·add. ·- The first game after the set is deuce. ·see Set, ·noun, 9.
·noun The first point after deuce. II. Vantage ·vt To <<Profit>>; to <<Aid>>. III. Vantage ·noun s...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
·noun Crooked; lame; as, a game leg. II. Game ·noun To play at any sport or diversion. III. Game ·...
1) Any mode of robbing. The toby is now a queer game; to rob on the highway is now a bad mode of act...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
·add. ·- A point giving advantage; vantage ground. ...
See advantage ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
·add. ·- The method of blackmailing by decoying a person into a compromising situation and extorting...
·add. ·- ·Alt. of Consolation race. ...
·- A handsome breed of the common fowl, remarkable for the great courage and pugnacity of the males....
·noun An object of ridicule; a butt. ...
·add. ·- A game arranged as a test of superiority; also, one of a series of such games. ...
To die hard, is to shew no signs of fear or contrition at the gallows; not to whiddle or squeak. Thi...
A lame leg. A term not peculiar to America. ...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
a lame leg. N. ...
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
A lame limb, but not so bad as to unfit for duty. ...