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Britannica 11th

Encyclopaedia Britannica · 11th edition

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Euchre

Britannica 11th

EUCHRE, a game of cards. The name is supposed by some to be a corruption of tcartt, to which game it bears some resemblance; others connect it with the Ger. Juchs or Jux, a joke, owing to the presence in the pack, or " deck," of a special card called " the jok ...

Vol. 9, pp. 877-878 OCR text aligned to scanned pages Relevance 330.0

... it. 26, note q). (3) Nor can it be said that the words of the 28th Article (see EUCHRE above) constitute in themselves an express prohibition of reservai ion, strong as their evidence may be as to the practice and feeling of the time. The words are the common ...

Vol. 9, pp. 876-877 OCR text aligned to scanned pages Relevance 12.0