old gentleman

English

Noun

old gentleman (plural old gentlemen)

  1. (Britain, slang, obsolete) A playing card that is almost imperceptibly longer than the others in the deck, used by cheats.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see old,‎ gentleman.

References
  • 1865, Edward Samuel Taylor, The History of Playing Cards
  • 1873, John Camden Hotten, The Slang Dictionary
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