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(noun) - (1) The four of clubs, a card which is considered unlucky.
--Georgina Jackson's Shropshire Word-Book, 1879
(2) Opiniatrety, unreasonable attachment to one's own notions.
--Rev. John Boag's Imperial Lexicon of the English Language, c.1850
January 14, 2018