five hundred

American

noun

Cards.

a variety of euchre in which a joker and widow are included, the object being to score 500 points first.

five hundred British

noun

a card game for three players, with 500 points for game

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Etymology

Origin of five hundred

An Americanism dating back to 1915–20

Example Sentences

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Her family lived in Michigan, over five hundred miles away.

From Literature

The track made a bend about five hundred yards from the depot.

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A hotel room—even a cheap one without fluffy bathrobes—would cost another five hundred.

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If he did, they’d have to pay him five hundred dollars an inch!

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Pilot Bruce Judson circled three times, bringing them down to only five hundred feet above the crater.

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