seven-up

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a traditional American card game related to all fours in which seven points constitute a game

   The king and duke played seven-up for five cents a game.

2. 2
   noun

   a children's guessing game in which selected players secretly press down other players' raised thumbs

   The class played seven-up while waiting for the rain to stop.

From seven + up. The card game takes its name from the seven points required to win and is attested in American English from the early nineteenth century. The later children's game independently uses seven for the usual number of selectors.

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