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Oklahoma|əʊklaˈhəʊmə| The name of a State in the south-west of the United States (see next), used attrib. and absol. to designate a kind of rummy orig. played in Oklahoma.
1945A. A. Ostrow Compl. Card Player 578 Oklahoma Rummy... The cards rank in sequence as in standard rummy, but ace is high only and never low. Deuces are wild. 1948[see canasta]. 1949J. Scarne On Cards (1955) ix. 63 Oklahoma Gin. In this variation the twenty-first card..determines the maximum number of points in unmatched cards with which a player may knock. Ibid. 64 Oklahoma usually incorporates the Spades Double feature. Ibid. xiii. 163 Oklahoma Rummy. A variation of Fortune Rummy. Played for years throughout the Middle West. 1973G. F. Hervey Hamlyn Illustr. Bk. Card Games 110 Oklahoma may be played by any number of players from two to five, but is generally considered best when played by three. |