Antedating of "Joker" (Cards)

[Dan Goncharoff]

*Perrysburg journal.* (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]), 09 Jan. 1880

He is first cousin to the man who always
knows which card is the "little Joker"
in tho game of three-card monte.

The Interior Journal. (Stanford, Ky.), January 23, 1880

And the old man chuckled and nudged his'
pard, for he held both bowers and the joker card.


DanG


On Mon, Mar 25, 2013 at 12:58 AM, Dan Goncharoff <thegonch at gmail.com> wrote:

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> *Perrysburg journal.* (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]), 09 Jan. 1880
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> He is first cousin to the man who always
> knows which card is the "little Joker"
> in tho game of three-card monte.
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> > joker (OED, 3.b., 1885)
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> > 1880 _Turf, Field, and Farm_ 26 Nov. 347 (American Periodical Series)  In
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> >  game of draw poker, with the joker in the pack and straights allowed,
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> >  is the value of a straight, and a straight-flush?
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