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To ante counters or stakes to a pot or pool at the start of a hand. drop, drop out. To withdraw from the current deal, [38] for example in Mauscheln, Préférence, Three-card Loo and Toepen. [52] Also fold. To discard one's hand rather than stake enough chips to stay in the game, [38] for example in vying games like Brag and Blackjack. [53 ...
Leaflets being handed out in New York City (1973). A flyer (or flier) is a form of paper advertisement intended for wide distribution and typically posted or distributed in a public place, handed out to individuals or sent through the mail.
A hand which, when matched against another in a showdown, has an advantage odds-wise over the other. A hand can be called a small or a big favorite depending on how much it is dominating the other. Contrast underdog where the situations are reversed. Favorites are usually used to compare how two hole cards do against two other hole cards pre-flop.
[citation needed] "Give a hand up, not a handout" is a common remark among of workfare or other welfare-to-work systems. Another dichotomy characterization is "to be lifted up by a rope" vs stepping up onto a "ladder of opportunity". A well-known saying along this line is "Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day.
One advantage is a left-handed catcher's ability to frame a right-handed pitcher's breaking balls. A right-handed catcher catches a right-hander's breaking ball across his body, with his glove moving out of the strike zone. A left-handed catcher would be able to catch the pitch moving into the strike zone and create a better target for the umpire.
Image credits: anon #8. Years ago I worked at McDonald's. One busy Saturday during the lunch rush, we ran out of cooked nuggets. As they were frying, one of the girls working up front was getting ...
a jocular term for the twelfth man, referring to his job of bringing out drinks. A left-handed batter plays a drive shot through the covers Drive a shot played with a straight bat on the front foot, aiming anywhere between point on the off side and mid-wicket on the leg side.
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