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ace-high

[ eys-hahy, -hahy ]

adjective

  1. (of a poker hand) having an ace as the highest card.
  2. held in high esteem:

    He has an ace-high reputation.



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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of ace-high1

An Americanism dating back to 1875–80
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Example Sentences

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But she’s also ace-high at braiding, and my own perfectly straight braids are thanks to her nimble fingers.

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Garrett remains in the running but Romano lost most of his chips late Thursday when his aces and nines, fell to an ace-high straight.

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Feeding Ben a good bit of gossip was like turning over the last card of an ace-high straight, with his wide-eyed smile as the payout.

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"No, not an intimate, but he was in my class—and he's a whacking, jam-up, ace-high football player."

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Well, I flashed my ace-high flush of clubs on them, and was just about to say something about easy money when the man with the best threes scooped in the pot.

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