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newmarket
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun newmarket has 2 senses
- newmarket(n = noun.artifact) Array - a long close-fitting coat worn for riding in the 19th century; Array is a kind of coat
- newmarket(n = noun.act) boodle, chicago, michigan, stops - 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; Array is a kind of card game, cards
CIDE DICTIONARY
newmarket, n. [From Newmarket, England.].
A long, closely fitting cloak. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
newmarket, n. a gambling card-game in which players seek to play cards that match those on the table.
Etymology
Newmarket in S. England
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