Phrase guide
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noun
A pair of aces and a pair of eights (especially, the black aces and eights), in a player's hand.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: card-games, poker
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noun
An ace and an eight as a starting hand in Texas hold 'em
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: card-games, poker
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noun
Other various hands, among them a full house of three jacks and two tens.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
Topics: card-games, poker
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History
The aces and eights sense is from a legend that Wild Bill Hickok was holding such cards at the time he was killed in 1876.
