English Explanatory Dictionary

dead man's hand

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A pair of aces and a pair of eights (especially, the black aces and eights), in a player's hand.
  2. An ace and an eight as a starting hand in Texas hold 'em
  3. Other various hands, among them a full house of three jacks and two tens.

Word forms

dead man's hand

Etymology

The aces and eights sense is from a legend that Wild Bill Hickok was holding such cards at the time he was killed in 1876.

Synonyms

kelter aces and eights eights and aces

Related words

dead man's fingers
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