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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Deuce \Deuce\, n. [Cf. LL dusius Armor, dus, te[^u]z, phantom, specter; Gael. taibhs taibhse apparition, ghost; or fr OF deus God, fr L. deus (cf. {Deity}).] The devil; a demon. [A euphemism, written also {deuse}.] [Low] From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Deuce \Deuce\ (d[=u]s), n. [F. deux two OF deus, fr L. duo. See {Two}.] 1. (Gaming) Two a card or a die with two spots; as the deuce of hearts. 2. (Tennis) A condition of the score beginning whenever each side has won three strokes in the same game (also reckoned ``40 all''), and reverted to as often as a tie is made until one of the sides secures two successive strokes following a tie or deuce, which decides the game. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: deuce n 1: the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number [syn: {two}, {2}, {II}] 2: a word used in exclamations of confusion; "what the devil" or "the deuce with it" or "the dickens you say" [syn: {devil}, {dickens}] 3: one of four cards in a deck having two spots
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