Poker sense: because the cards are the first and last in a top straight.
bookends
plural of bookend
(poker, slang) An ace and a ten as a starting hand in Texas hold 'em.
bookends
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bookend
Source: Wiktionary
1 June 2025
(verb) come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect; “Your comments may backfire and cause you a lot of trouble”; “the political movie backlashed on the Democrats”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
