Deuce

[Tom Dalzell]

In New Partridge we have a Howard Stern citation from 2003.   I see
examples of 2001 usage in Google groups.  In the Casino Night episode of
The Office, Michael Scott punningly announces that he will drop a deuce
in response to a hand with three queens.

Tom Dalzell


Scot LaFaive wrote:

> 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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