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Gleek   Listen
noun
Gleek  n.  
1.
A game at cards, once popular, played by three persons. (Obs.)
2.
Three of the same cards held in the same hand; hence, three of anything. (Obs.)






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"Gleek" Quotes from Famous Books



... bolt was shot, she had had her day, but the day of her fair sisters was dawning. Mr. John Law, of Lauriston soi-disant, had made England too hot to hold him. His great genius for financial combinations was at this time employed by him in gleek, trick-track, quadrille, whist, loo, ombre, and other pastimes of mingled luck and skill. In consequence of a quarrel about a lady, Mr. Law fought and slew Beau Wilson, that mysterious person, who, from being a poverty-stricken younger son, hanging loose on town, became in a day, ...
— Historical Mysteries • Andrew Lang



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