| E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898. |
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Four cards all alike, as four aces, four kings, etc., in a game of cards called Gleek. Gleek is three cards alike. | 1 |
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| “A mournival of aces, gleek of knaves; |
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Poole in his English Parnassus called the four elements Nature’s first mournival. | 2 |
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