hand mucker

noun

A cheat who covertly adds or removes cards during a card game.

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Meanings

nounhand mucker (plural hand muckers)

plural hand muckers

  1. slanggamblingA cheat who covertly adds or removes cards during a card game.

    No one likes to be cheated by a hand mucker. The card players had drunk a lot of beer. They had all won their share of hands. So why the hell not? He slipped an ace of hearts up his sleeve and waited for a hand that could use it.

    2021, Jo-Ann Carson, Midnight Magic
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APA

hand mucker. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hand%20mucker

MLA

“hand mucker.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hand%20mucker. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hand mucker,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hand%20mucker.

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