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miscalling — v. call by an incorrect name; call by a bad name … English contemporary dictionary
Cards speak — ( for themselves ) is used in two poker contexts:First, it is used to describe a high low split game without a declaration. That is, in a cards speak game, players all reveal their hands at the showdown, and whoever has the highest hand wins the… … Wikipedia
Glossary of poker terms — The following is a glossary of poker terms used in the card game of poker. It supplements the Glossary of card terms. Besides the terms listed here, there are thousands of common and uncommon poker slang terms. This is not intended to be a formal … Wikipedia
Moot hill — A moot hill or mons placiti (statute hill)[1] is a hill or mound historically used as an assembly or meeting place. In early medieval Britain, such hills were used for moots , meetings of local people to settle local business. Among other things … Wikipedia
misnomer — mis·no·mer /ˌmis nō mər/ n [Anglo French mesnomer, from mesnomer to misname, from Middle French mes wrongly + nommer to name, from Latin nominare, from nomin nomen name]: the misnaming of a person in a legal document or proceeding (as in a… … Law dictionary
miscall — (v.) mid 15c., from MIS (Cf. mis ) (1) + CALL (Cf. call) (v.). Related: Miscalled; miscalling … Etymology dictionary
