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NEWMARKET

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A gambling card game in which chips are placed on the ace and king and queen and jack of separate suits (taken from a separate deck); a player plays the lowest card of a suit in his hand and successively higher cards are played until the sequence stops; the player who plays a card matching one in the layout wins all the chips on that card

Synonyms:

boodle; Chicago; Michigan; Newmarket; stops

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("Newmarket" is a kind of...):

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

Sense 2

Meaning:

A long close-fitting coat worn for riding in the 19th century

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("newmarket" is a kind of...):

coat (an outer garment that has sleeves and covers the body from shoulder down; worn outdoors)

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