old gentleman

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English

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Noun

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old gentleman (plural old gentlemen)

  1. (UK, slang, obsolete) A playing card that is almost imperceptibly longer than the others in the deck, used by cheats.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see old,‎ gentleman.

References

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  • Edward Samuel Taylor (1865) The History of Playing Cards
  • John Camden Hotten (1873) The Slang Dictionary
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