double deal

verb

To deal the top and bottom cards from a deck to a confederate in a card game as if they were one card.

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Meanings

verbdouble deal (third-person singular simple present double deals, present participle double dealing, simple past and past participle double dealt)

present singular third person double deals · participle present double dealing · participle past double dealt · past double dealt · alternative double-deal

  1. To deal the top and bottom cards from a deck to a confederate in a card game as if they were one card.

    Barely looking up from his smooth hands and the cards they held, the gambler said, “You're not a good enough cardplayer I'd have to double deal you."

    2003, Bill Brooks, Law for Hire, page 102
  2. To cheat by trickery.
noundouble deal (plural double deals)

plural double deals · alternative double-deal

  1. An instance of double dealing.
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