Definition of knave

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Knave (n.) A playing card marked with the figure of a servant or soldier; a jack.

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Knavery :: Knavery (n.) The practices of a knave; petty villainy; fraud; trickery; a knavish action.
Pam :: Pam (n.) The knave of clubs.
Villain :: Villain (n.) A vile, wicked person; a man extremely depraved, and capable or guilty of great crimes; a deliberate scoundrel; a knave; a rascal; a scamp..
Knavess :: Knavess (n.) A knavish woman.
Knight :: Knight (n.) A playing card bearing the figure of a knight; the knave or jack.
Knaveship :: Knaveship (n.) A small due, in meal, established by usage, which is paid to the under miller..
Pack :: Pack (n.) A number of persons associated or leagued in a bad design or practice; a gang; as, a pack of thieves or knaves..
Quatorze :: Quatorze (n.) The four aces, kings, queens, knaves, or tens, in the game of piquet; -- so called because quatorze counts as fourteen points..
Shyster :: Shyster (n.) A trickish knave; one who carries on any business, especially legal business, in a mean and dishonest way..
Beknave :: Beknave (v. t.) To call knave.
Greek :: Greek (n.) A swindler; a knave; a cheat.
Rogue :: Rogue (n.) A deliberately dishonest person; a knave; a cheat.
Euchre :: Euchre (n.) A game at cards, that may be played by two, three, or four persons, the highest card (except when an extra card called the Joker is used) being the knave of the same suit as the trump, and called right bower, the lowest card used being the seven, or frequently, in two-handed euchre, the nine spot. See Bower..
Sequence :: Sequence (n.) Three or more cards of the same suit in immediately consecutive order of value; as, ace, king, and queen; or knave, ten, nine, and eight..
Varlet :: Varlet (n.) In a pack of playing cards, the court card now called the knave, or jack..
Knave :: Knave (n.) A playing card marked with the figure of a servant or soldier; a jack.
Knavishness :: KNavishness (n.) The quality or state of being knavish; knavery; dishonesty.
Loo :: Loo (n.) An old game played with five, or three, cards dealt to each player from a full pack. When five cards are used the highest card is the knave of clubs or (if so agreed upon) the knave of trumps; -- formerly called lanterloo..
Jack :: Jack (n.) The knave of a suit of playing cards.
Wretch :: Wretch (v. t.) One sunk in vice or degradation; a base, despicable person; a vile knave; as, a profligate wretch..
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