one-eyed jack

See also: one eyed jack

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Noun

one-eyed jack (plural one-eyed jacks)

  1. (card games, slang) Either the jack of spades or jack of hearts, on which the jack is commonly depicted in profile.
    • 1989 June 26, “The Emissary” (2:05), in Star Trek: The Next Generation, season 2, episode 20, spoken by Data (Brent Spiner):
      The game is seven card stud. After the queen, one-eyed jacks and low card in the hole are wild.
  2. Synonym of egg in a hole.

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