costly colours

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Noun

costly colours (uncountable)

  1. An English card game for two players, similar to cribbage and particularly popular in Shropshire.
    • 1882, John Ashton, Social Life in the Reign of Queen Anne, page 104:
      Other games were cribbage, all fours, ruff and honours, French ruff, five cards, costly colours, bon ace, putt, plain dealing, Queen Nazareen, pennech, post and pair, bankafalat, beast.

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