But we’re holding big casino, little casino, cards, and spades. Braly On the Yard (2002) 282: He’s holding aces. AndĬhecking further within my own database I find this:ġ967 M. My own sense is that it springs from what may be a lost card or gambling game from the 19th century. Wilson & Noe (eds) Civil War in Appalachia (1997) Crook could give cards and spades and then learn them something [etc.’ Īnd now I’ve started ferreting around google books, I find a quote, albeit in a modern book which is only excerpted by GBS and does not offer its footnotes, that supposedly dates to 1861 (bit.ly/1OQFBTW): Budrys Rogue Moon (Internet edn) n.p.: I can give Connington cards and spades, Doctor – cards and spades – and still beat him out. 15/2: Current show is headed by Hinda Wausau, who will give cards and spades to any peeler in this theater.ġ960 A. 57/3: This amateur criminal can give cards and spades to professionals, and he does.ġ942 Billboard 14 Nov. Keeler Sing-Sing Nights (2010) n.p.: You can give ’em all cards and spades when you want to.ġ938 Rotarian Oct. London Valley of the Moon (Internet edn) 187: Billy had said that she was built like a French woman, and that in the matter of lines and form she could give Annette Kellerman cards and spades.ġ927 H.S. Lewis Boss 191: There’s other games, like Tammany Hall for instance, where I could give you cards an’ spades.ġ913 J. Cutting Little Stories of Married Life 105: A girl always knows what a man ought to do - she can give him cards and spades and beat him every time.ġ903 A.H. If both players have run out their decks and get stuck before going out, the player with the fewest cards left wins.My citations on the phrase, taken from the current GDoS database:ġ888 St Paul Dly Globe (MN) 30 June 6/1: Mr Barnes’ black legged players can give cards and spades to bad luck and beat it out.ġ888 Grip (Toronto) May n.p.: You know that Artie found a Chinaman out in ’Frisco who could give him cards and spades and beat him out. When that player "goes out" by playing the last card from their layout row, they win. When a player has played all the cards in their deck, they must continue play using only the cards left in their layout (even though he will not have a card to "spit" with if all players get stuck). When all players are stuck, they say "ready, spit," and again deal new starter cards to the top of each pile in the center. Often several dozen cards can be played before all players get stuck. The players continue to rapidly play cards to the center and replace cards in their rows until all players get "stuck" and cannot make a play. Players cannot exceed four cards in their layout rows. This race to play out the cards can get very exciting!Ĭards played from the layout row may immediately be replaced by a new card from the top of the deck. In that case the player who gets there first gets the play and the other player must take back their card. Many times both players can play a card on the same pile. One could play the 9 from the layout on the 10 pile since it is one lower in sequence.Ī player may only use one hand to move a card and may only play one card at a time. The card's suit does not matter, and an ace can be played high or low. A card can be played only if it is one higher or one lower than the card on the top of the pile. Players immediately begin playing their cards from their layout onto the center piles. These first cards should be far away from each other, forming two play piles between the players. When both players are ready, one of them says "spit" and immediately each player takes the top card from his deck and plays it to the center of the table. There are no turns taken in this game, everyone plays at the same time. The winner is the first player to get rid of all of their cards. (In fact it is best to play on the floor, since cards often go flying once play starts.) Players hold the remainder of their deck in one of their hands during play. There should be lots of empty space in the middle of the table between the two players. LayoutĮach player has their own deck and begins by placing the top four cards from their deck face up in front of them in a row.
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