"high card" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} high card (uncountable)
  1. (poker) A hand which has no pairs and is not a straight or a flush. The lowest possible winning hand in poker. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Poker Related terms: pair, two pair, three of a kind, straight, flush, full house, four of a kind, straight flush, royal flush Translations (lowest possible winning hand in poker): 高牌 (gāopái) (Chinese Mandarin), 大牌 (dàpái) (Chinese Mandarin), hai (Finnish), carte haute [feminine] (French), magas lap (Hungarian), hátt einspil (Icelandic), háspil [neuter] (Icelandic), carta alta [feminine] (Italian), mātāmua (Maori)
    Sense id: en-high_card-en-noun-roK2szeA Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations Topics: card-games, poker

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