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BEGGAR-MY-NEIGHBOUR

Dictionary entry overview: What does beggar-my-neighbour mean?

• BEGGAR-MY-NEIGHBOUR (noun)
The noun BEGGAR-MY-NEIGHBOUR has 1 sense:

1. a card game for two players in which the object is to win all of the other player's cards

Familiarity information: BEGGAR-MY-NEIGHBOUR used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• BEGGAR-MY-NEIGHBOUR (noun)

Sense 1

beggar-my-neighbour ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

A card game for two players in which the object is to win all of the other player's cards

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

beggar-my-neighbor; beggar-my-neighbour; strip-Jack-naked

Hypernyms ("beggar-my-neighbour" is a kind of...):

card game; cards (a game played with playing cards)

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