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Newmarket

/ˌnuˈmɑrkət/
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Other forms: Newmarkets

Definitions of Newmarket
  1. noun
    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: Chicago, Michigan, boodle, stops
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    type of:
    card game, cards
    a game played with playing cards
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