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PEDRO
Etymology
Noun
Pedro (uncountable)
An American trick-taking card game of the all fours family.
The five of trumps in certain card games.
Anagrams
• doper, orped, pored, repod, roped
Source: Wiktionary
Pe"dro, n. [From Sp. Pedro Peter, L. Petrus, Gr. .] (Card Playing) (a) The five of trumps in certain varieties of auction pitch. (b) A variety of auction pitch in which the five of trumps counts five.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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