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euchre

UK/ˈjuːkəɹ/ US/ˈjukɜr/ uncommon

noun

1.

a card game similar to ecarte; each player is dealt 5 cards and the player making trump must take 3 tricks to win a hand

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Origin

Possibly from German Juckerspiel, name of an eighteenth-century Alsatian card game, itself apparently a compound of Jucker + Spiel (“game”). Likely a doublet of joker.

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