"one-eyed jack" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-one-eyed jack.ogg Forms: one-eyed jacks [plural]
Head templates: {{en-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. Tags: slang Categories (topical): Card games Hyponyms: jack of spades, jack of hearts Related terms: two-eyed jack, man with the ax, suicide king, wild card
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  2. Synonym of egg in a hole Synonyms: egg in a hole [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-one-eyed_jack-en-noun-t0HNFc9v

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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