Blackjack definition
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A leather-covered bludgeon with a short, flexible shaft or strap, used as a hand weapon.
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A large beer mug, formerly made of leather coated with tar.
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(games) A card game in which the object is to accumulate cards with a higher count than that of the dealer but not exceeding 21.
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A small, leather-covered bludgeon with a flexible handle.
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To coerce by threats.
verb
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A SE U.S. scrub oak (Quercus marilandica) with fan-shaped leaves.
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Sphalerite, esp. a dark variety.
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A gambling game at cards in which any player wins who gets cards totaling twenty-one points or less while the dealer gets either a smaller total or a total exceeding twenty-one points.
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A combination of an ace and a face card or ten, equaling 21 points in this game.
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To hit with a blackjack.
verb
To force (a person) to do something by threatening, as if with a blackjack.
verb
(obsolete) The Quercus nigra, or barren oak.
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster's Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
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Sphalerite.
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To hit or beat with a blackjack.
verb
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