"aces and spaces" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-aces and spaces.wav
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  1. (poker slang) A poker hand containing only a pair of aces. Tags: plural, plural-only, slang Categories (topical): Poker
    Sense id: en-aces_and_spaces-en-noun-1uA2S-FZ Topics: card-games, poker
  2. (bridge, slang) A bridge hand with opening points based primarily on aces, so that there are not enough winners. Tags: plural, plural-only, slang Categories (topical): Bridge, Bridge
    Sense id: en-aces_and_spaces-en-noun-JgBokKkn Disambiguation of Bridge: 32 68 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English pluralia tantum, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 25 75 Disambiguation of English pluralia tantum: 42 58 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 24 76 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 24 76 Topics: bridge, games
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