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cold deck

noun

, Cards Slang.
  1. a pack with the cards in prearranged order, secretly exchanged for the one in use; stacked deck.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of cold deck1

An Americanism dating back to 1855–60
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Example Sentences

The most expert manipulators of cards that ever dealt a second or shifted a cold deck sat behind the tables.

I had all I c'ud do not to make it plumb center, li'l' gel, but the jury'd ring in a cold deck on me if I had.

They both soon sank to sleep on the cold deck, huddled close to each other, and locked close in each other's arms.

Marian, she's a fine little woman that minds her own business, but she's getting a cold deck slipped into the game right along.

But the sudden change from the heated saloon to the cold deck chilled her, and she sneezed.

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