English noun: newmarket |
1. | newmarket (artifact) a long close-fitting coat worn for riding in the 19th century |
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| Broader (hypernym) | coat |
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2. | Newmarket (act) a gambling card game in which chips are placed on the ace and king and queen and jack of separate suits (taken from a separate deck); a player plays the lowest card of a suit in his hand and successively higher cards are played until the sequence stops; the player who plays a card matching one in the layout wins all the chips on that card |
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| Synonyms | boodle, Chicago, Michigan, stops |
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| Broader (hypernym) | card game, cards |
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