geog. euphemisms

[Barnhart]

Not all such "geog" slurs are ethnic, are they?

There are a slew of them in gambling:

California bet, California bible, California blackjack,  California
C-note, California fourteen, and California prayer book.

Other geographical names that serve as a formant in similar compounds
include African, Alameda, Alaska, Albany, American, Arkansas (and
that's just the A's).  There's also Boston (as in _big Joe from
Boston_) and Broadway, Scotland (in curse of Scotland), Gardena (as in
Gardena miracle), Elk River, Las Vegas (as in Las Vegas riffle),
Kentucky (as in Kentucky setup), Philadelphia (as in Philadelphia
layout), and Texas (as in Texas sunflower).  For more about names in
gambling see: Thomas Clark, "Noms de Felt: Names in Gambling," Names,
34 (1986), pp 11-29.

Regards,
David Barnhart
barnhart at highlands.com