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BEGGAR-MY-NEIGHBOR
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Dictionary entry overview: What does beggar-my-neighbor mean?
• BEGGAR-MY-NEIGHBOR (noun)
The noun BEGGAR-MY-NEIGHBOR has 1 sense:
1. a card game for two players in which the object is to win all of the other player's cards
Familiarity information: BEGGAR-MY-NEIGHBOR used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A card game for two players in which the object is to win all of the other player's cards
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
beggar-my-neighbor; beggar-my-neighbour; strip-Jack-naked
Hypernyms ("beggar-my-neighbor" is a kind of...):
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