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> Play the Deuce.
Play.
Played Out.
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BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD
E. Cobham Brewer
18101897
. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
Play the Deuce.
The Irish say,
Play the pooka.
Pooka or Pouke is an evil spirit in the form of a wild colt, who does great hurt to benighted travellers.
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Played Out.
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