Deuce

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim A card with two pips, one of four in a standard deck of playing cards.

   “You see, Sir, when I look at the Ace it reminds me that there is but one God. The deuce reminds me that the bible is divided into two parts; the Old and New Testaments. And when I see the trey I think of the Father, Son and Holy Ghost.”

2. isim A side of a die with two spots.
3. isim A cast of dice totalling two.
4. isim A bowel movement (the event or the result).
5. isim A two-year prison sentence.

   “Bisexual male, 28, doing a deuce in a segregated housing unit due to positive HIV test result, seeks correspondence from both genders.”

6. isim A hand gesture consisting of a raised index and middle finger, a peace sign.
7. isim A tied game where either player can win by scoring two consecutive points.
8. isim A curveball.
9. isim A 1932 Ford.

   “And she was blinded by the light/Oh, cut loose like a deuce, another runner in the night.”

10. isim Two-barrel (twin choke) carburetors (in the phrase three deuces: an arrangement on a common intake manifold).
11. isim A table seating two diners.
12. isim A twopence coin.

    “It was a shame of the chalk-takers to take their fee without even scoring one little mark; but chalk-takers are inexorable and must be paid their twopence. 'Down with your deuces', was the demand after each pair of birds had competed.”

13. isim Douche.
14. isim The Devil, used in exclamations of confusion or anger.

    “Love is a bodily infirmity […] which breaks out the deuce knows how or why”

15. isim Synonym of devil (“something awkward or difficult”).

    “We had a deuce of a time getting here.”

16. özel isim Alternative letter-case form of deuce (“the Devil”).

    ““I should not allow any one to inconvenience me, if I could hinder it—walk in!” The “walk in,” was uttered with closed teeth and expressed the sentiment, “Go to the Deuce!””