"Cock"

[Eric Nielsen]

The card game "Pitch" has such a points system: high, low, jack, and game
are worth one point each to make your bid. The high, low, and jack must be
of the trump suit. Game is calculated by adding up the "game point" cards of
any suit.

Eric

On Mon, Aug 15, 2011 at 10:35 PM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:

> BTW, what's the deal with
>
> "… high, low, jack, and the game"
>
> I've read this phrase in literature and heard it in the media since
> forever. There was once a singing group that called itself,
>
> "High, Low, Jack, and The Dame"
>
> an obvious pun.
>
> The phrase appears to be an obscure, IME, reference to an obscure,
> IME, card game.
>
> Help a brother out, y'all.
>
> --
> -Wilson
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