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The synonym to "card sharp", "blackleg", when used with reference to card-playing and swindlers, has pejorative connotations. [1] A card sharp or shark (by either of the gambling-related definitions) may be a "rounder" who travels, seeking out high-stakes games in which to gamble.
High stakes are not a characteristic of the test itself, but rather of the consequences placed on the outcome. For example, no matter what type of test is used—written essays, computer-based multiple choice, oral examination, performance test, or anything else—a medical licensing test must be passed to practice medicine.
The following is a glossary of traditional English-language terms used in the three overarching cue sports disciplines: carom billiards referring to the various carom games played on a billiard table without pockets; pool, which denotes a host of games played on a table with six pockets; and snooker, played on a large pocket table, and which has a sport culture unto itself distinct from pool.
Compound modifiers with high-or low-: "high-level discussion", "low-price markup". Colours in compounds: "a dark-blue sweater" "a reddish-orange dress". Fractions as modifiers are hyphenated: "two-thirds majority", but if numerator or denominator are already hyphenated, the fraction itself does not take a hyphen: "a thirty-three thousandth part ...
Wisconsin's state Supreme Court election next spring already had high stakes, with majority control on the line. The liberal-controlled court has already delivered a major win to Democrats by ...
VVS Films. Fox plays an AI gynoid (basically a super lifelike robot) who gains sentience and goes rogue. Morrone plays her owner, Nick, who purchased her for help around the house.
To achieve a score so high it resets the in-game score counter back to 0, often used in older arcade games. More commonly used nowadays to express the (absolute) 100% completion of a game. Also see rolling the score. clone A game that is similar in design to another game in its genre (e.g., a Doom clone or a Grand Theft Auto clone). Sometimes ...
The favorite for the Preakness Stakes, Bob Baffert’s Muth, won’t compete in the second leg of horse racing’s Triple Crown.