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BEGGAR-MY-NEIGHBOR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does beggar-my-neighbor mean? 

BEGGAR-MY-NEIGHBOR (noun)
  The noun BEGGAR-MY-NEIGHBOR has 1 sense:

1. a card game for two players in which the object is to win all of the other player's cardsplay

  Familiarity information: BEGGAR-MY-NEIGHBOR used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


BEGGAR-MY-NEIGHBOR (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A card game for two players in which the object is to win all of the other player's cards

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

beggar-my-neighbor; beggar-my-neighbour; strip-Jack-naked

Hypernyms ("beggar-my-neighbor" is a kind of...):

card game; cards (a game played with playing cards)


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