history of the four kings

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Said to have originated in France, where the kings in a pack of cards once bore the names of four real historical kings.

Noun[edit]

history of the four kings (plural not attested)

  1. (obsolete, slang, humorous) A pack of cards.

References[edit]

  • John Camden Hotten (1873) The Slang Dictionary
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