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five hundred

noun

Cards.
  1. a variety of euchre in which a joker and widow are included, the object being to score 500 points first.


five hundred

noun

  1. a card game for three players, with 500 points for game
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of five hundred1

An Americanism dating back to 1915–20
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It's thought that about five hundred beavers already live in England, some in the wild and others in enclosures.

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In the early dawn of that May morning, as the New England men stood guard over the flames, five hundred men, women, and children were slowly burned alive.

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During that time, five hundred medical personnel were killed, according to the Gaza health ministry.

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“They eat between three and five hundred different types of plants,” said Karla Salp, a spokesperson for the Washington Department of Agriculture.

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Seventy-seventh Division and more than five hundred men, trapped in a ravine behind enemy lines, were surrounded by a much larger force of Germans.

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