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| Number Spread [General] |
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An index spread based on the number of runs, goals and points scored in an event.
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| Number Two [Poker] |
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In ace-to-five lowball, 6-4-3-2-A.
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| Number Two Man [Poker] |
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Seconds dealer (A mechanic (card manipulator) whose specialty is dealing the second card from the top. The reason for such a move is to hold back the top card, which he knows because he has peeked it, until he can deal it to himself, to a confederate, or to someone he is trying to cheat. Sometimes second dealer. Also called deuce dealer.)
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| Numbers [Craps] |
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The term for the 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, and 10.
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| Numbers Game [Lotto] |
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This term can be used for any lottery game where winners are determined by a random selection of numbers. However, it is often used more specifically for a game where a player selects three or four digits (0 to 9) and matches them with a similar set selected at random by the lottery. The player can select several different types of wagers with payoffs varying accordingly. For example, players making a "straight" bet will win $500 on a $1 bet if their three digits match the three digits selected by the lottery in the same order.
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| Numero Uno [Poker] |
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In lowball, a wheel (A-2-3-4-5.).
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| Nun Buoy [Sailing] |
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A conical buoy with a pointed top, painted red, and having an even number, used in the United States for navigational aids. At night they may have a red light. These buoys should be kept on the right side of the boat when returning from a larger body of water to a smaller one such as a marina. Can buoys are used on the opposite side of the channel. Also see green and red daymarks.
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| Nursing [Poker] |
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1) Fondling one's cards. 2) Playing extremely conservatively, usually with a small stack; usually followed by [one's] chips or stack.
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| Nut [Poker] |
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1) Daily requirement. When a player refers to his nut, he means how much he has to win just to "break even." Anything over that is "gravy." 2) Overhead. For a card room, the nut is expenses, beyond which comes the profit. 3) Difficult situation; usually part of the phrase tough nut to crack. 4) In hold 'em, pertaining to the best possible hand at a given point in a pot; usually followed by flush or straight, sometimes by high or low. For example, if four spades are on the board, whoever has the ace of spades as one of his hole cards has the nut flush.
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| Nut Flush [Poker] |
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In hold 'em, pertaining to the best possible hand at a given point in a pot; usually followed by flush or straight, sometimes by high or low. For example, if four spades are on the board, whoever has the ace of spades as one of his hole cards has the nut flush.
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| Nut Hand [Poker] |
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In a given situation, an unbeatable hand.
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| Nut High [Poker] |
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In any high-low game with community cards, the highest possible hand based on the cards showing.
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| Nut Low [Poker] |
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In any high-low game with community cards, the lowest possible hand based on the cards showing.
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| Nut Straight [Poker] |
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In hold 'em, pertaining to the best possible hand at a given point in a pot; usually followed by flush or straight, sometimes by high or low. For example, if four spades are on the board, whoever has the ace of spades as one of his hole cards has the nut flush.
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| Nut-Nut [Poker] |
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In any high-low game, having both the best possible low and high. In a community card game, this means the best possible based on the cards showing. For example, in Omaha, with 3-4-5-K-Q of mixed suits (no three cards of the same suit) on the board, the nut low would be A-2 and the nut high 6-7, so a player having A-2-6-7 would have nut-nut. With A-2-3-3-K on the board, a player holding nut-nut would have 3-3-4-5, four treys for high and a wheel for low. The term is also sometimes more loosely used for hands that are nut low, near-nut (but obviously unbeaten) high.
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| Nutkodlin [Archery] |
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A deer arrow, Point Barrow.
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| Nutmeg [Soccer] |
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The act of purposely dribbling the ball through an opponent's legs and regaining posession. Can be very embarrasing for the defender.
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| Nuts [Poker] |
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1) Very good hand; usually preceded by the. "Every time I get a good hand, they show me the nuts." Also, the berries, a duke, the Holy City, the Brazilians, the Brass Brazilians, the Royal Brazilians, the como se llamos, the watchamacallits, los cojones, the golyoonies, the World's Fair, and others. 2) The best possible hand at a given point in a pot.
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| Nuts Player [Poker] |
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Someone who plays only the nuts, that is, a conservative player who rarely makes large bets (in a no-limit game) or rarely initiates the betting or raising (in a limit game), and then usually only with a strong hand
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| Nutted Up [Poker] |
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1) Rocked up, that is, describing a very tight game, one full of nuts players. 2) Having made the nuts. "Just my luck: trying to bluff a rock when he's nutted up."
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| Nwa [Wrestling] |
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National Wrestling Alliance
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| Nwc [Wrestling] |
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National Wrestling Council
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| Nwf [Wrestling] |
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National Wrestling Federation
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| Nwl [Wrestling] |
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National Wrestling League
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| Nwo [Wrestling] |
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New World Order
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| Nylon Deburring Wheel [Golf] |
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Attachment (approximately 5 ½” in diameter) to a bench grinder or similar machine that is used to remove small bits of metal from a golf club head or shaft tip. Commonly used to remove any sharp edges from steel shafts during through-bore reshafting procedures.
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| Nyny [Blackjack] |
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The acronym for New York New York, a casino
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| Nzcc [General] |
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New Zealand Cricket Council.
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| Nãwak [Archery] |
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Persian for arrow guide. See Majrã.
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