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deuce - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'deuce' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Deuce [ n.]
- Two; a card or a die with two spots; as, the deuce of hearts.
- A condition of the score beginning whenever each side has won three strokes in the same game (also reckoned "40 all"), and reverted to as often as a tie is made until one of the sides secures two successive strokes following a tie or deuce, which decides the game.
- The devil; a demon.

Meaning of 'deuce' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . deuce [ n]
Meaning (1):
- a word used in exclamations of confusion
Example in sentence:
  • the deuce with it;
  • the dickens you say;
  • what the devil