What is "beggar-my-neighbour"

n. (alternative spelling of beggar-my-neighbor English)

n. a card game for two players in which the object is to win all of the other player's cards [syn: beggar-my-neighbor, strip-Jack-naked]

Beggar-my-neighbour is a simple card game somewhat similar in nature to war, and has spawned a more complicated variant, Egyptian ratscrew.