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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
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
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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