deuce
deuce is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 2 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.(Tennis) A condition of the score beginning whendeuce, which decides the game.
- 2.The devil; a demon. [A euphemism, written also deuse.] [Low]
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- and
- arbitrary
- biformity
- binary
- binate
- binomial
- biparous
- biplicity
- blow
- both
- boutade
- brace
- bracket
- brain
- camel
- capriccio
- caprice
- capricious
- captious
- chase
- cold
- conduplicate
- conjugate
- conjugation
- contrary
- couple
- crotchet
- crotchety
- double
- doublets
- dual
- dualism
- dualistic
- duality
- duet
- duplex
- duplicity
- dyad
- dyadic
- eccentric
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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