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单词 merry andrew playing cards
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Merry Andrew playing cards
2. In plural. Low-quality playing cards. Also Merry Andrew playing cards. Obsolete.
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society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > card or cards > [noun] > cards of specific quality
mattress1685
merry-andrews1759
highlanders1816
Harrys or King Harrys1842
Mogul1842
paper1894
1759 Pennsylvania Gaz. 4 Jan. 3/1 Lately imported from London.., common 4d cadus, merry Andrew playing cards, broad and narrow incle and filletting tapes, [etc.].
1866 in Stationer & Fancy Trades Register 1 Sept. in Trans. Philol. Soc. (1867) 63 The different qualities of cards are distinguished as Moguls, Harrys, Highlanders, and Merry Andrews.
1867 D. P. Fry Playing-card Terms in Trans. Philol. Soc. 55 Andrews, Merry Andrews, playing-cards of the fourth or lowest class or quality.
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