Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The card exposed on the top of the pack; specifically, the turned trump in the game of spoil-five.
- noun A slipper limpet, or species of Crepidula.
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Examples
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I left him threshing there, dying there, and swam up and hid under the deck-head of the hold.
When Eight Bells Toll MacLean, Alistair, 1922-1987 1966
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