Deuce

[Scot LaFaive]

Has anyone done any work on documenting "deuce" as meaning a crap or a shit?
I'm not sure how old it is or what its etymology is, but I'm curious. I
searched Google Books for "take a deuce" but couldn't find any hits. It's
not in HDAS, so now I'm hopelessly lost.

Scot

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