NEWMARKET

Michigan, Chicago, Newmarket, boodle, stops

(noun) a gambling card game in which chips are placed on the ace and king and queen and jack of separate suits (taken from a separate deck); a player plays the lowest card of a suit in his hand and successively higher cards are played until the sequence stops; the player who plays a card matching one in the layout wins all the chips on that card

newmarket

(noun) a long close-fitting coat worn for riding in the 19th century

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

The cloak and card game are named after the English town.

Proper noun

Newmarket

A market town in Suffolk, England, with a famous racecourse.

A town in Cork, Ireland.

A townland in Kilkenny, Ireland.

A town in Ontario, Canada.

A suburb of Auckland, New Zealand.

A card game in which players try to play their cards in a sequence selected by cards from a second deck.

Noun

Newmarket (plural Newmarkets)

A long, close-fitting cloak.

Source: Wiktionary

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New"mar`ket, n. Etym: [From Newmarket, England.]

Definition: A long, closely fitting cloak.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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