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æas - ace fæas cards: - court cards Roy, Madder, Jack - King, Queen, Jack pop - spot on cards deeal - to deal cards sæ - turn to choose.    'Its my sæ'

deck - a hand at cards.   To make a deck in three card lant is to discard (Lant, also called loo or lanterloo, was the most popular gambling card game in the early 19th century) Harry - the extra hand dealt in three card lant wiffy - a flush of trumps in three card lant; a hand all trumps. "As wiffy" = "all my cards are trumps." swîpe o - to win all the stakes lant - to loose all the tricks at three card lant; the player who has lost all the tricks is lantit ass lugt - partners at whist holding all four honours but losing the odd trick cannins - at the score of 8 in long whist, from "Can ta yan?"  Can you one?

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