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gleek
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Gleek \Gleek\, n. [OF. glic, G. gl["u]ck, fortune. See Luck .] A game at cards, once popular, played by three persons. [Obs.] --Pepys. Evelyn. Three of the same cards held in the same hand; -- hence, three of anything. [Obs.]
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
card game, 1530s, from French glic, ghelicque (15c.), perhaps from Middle Dutch ghelic (Dutch gelijk ) "like," because one of the goals of the game is collecting cards of the same rank.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
Etymology 1 n. 1 A once popular game of cards played by three people. 2 Three of the same cards held in one hand; three of a kind. Etymology 2 n. 1 A jest or scoff; trick or deception. 2 An entice glance or look. 3 Good fortune; luck. 4 (context informal ...
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Gleek may refer to: A fan of Glee (TV series) Gleek (card game) , a 16th-century game similar to Post and Pair Gleek (Super Friends) , Wonder Twins' pet space monkey in the animated series Super Friends Gleeking , a type of spitting that usually occurs ...
Usage examples of gleek.
When I saw the party was gone all to pot, I did say we would change the game and brought out the cards for gleek which was a game the Hollander did not know.
His great genius for financial combinations was at this time employed by him in gleek, trick-track, quadrille, whist, loo, ombre, and other pastimes of mingled luck and skill.
The stealing of that sum could be laid directly upon the work of Jackson Gleek, the general manager.
He has gathered the final documents--papers which will support my story--authentic letters received by Jackson Gleek from the master crook behind a game of crime.
WIMBLEDON and his henchmen, Gleek and Harlton, had agreed that other faults would pass unnoticed until after delivery.
English are not good at hating, but, unlike Bottom, who could merely gleek, no doubt they can murder, upon occasion.