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NEWMARKET
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A gambling card game in which chips are placed on the ace and king and queen and jack of separate suits (taken from a separate deck); a player plays the lowest card of a suit in his hand and successively higher cards are played until the sequence stops; the player who plays a card matching one in the layout wins all the chips on that card
Synonyms:
boodle; Chicago; Michigan; Newmarket; stops
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("Newmarket" is a kind of...):
card game; cards (a game played with playing cards)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A long close-fitting coat worn for riding in the 19th century
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("newmarket" is a kind of...):
coat (an outer garment that has sleeves and covers the body from shoulder down; worn outdoors)
