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Noun: newmarket
  1. A long close-fitting coat worn for riding in the 19th century
Noun: Newmarket  'n(y)oo,maa(r)-kit
  1. 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
    - Michigan, Chicago, boodle, stops

Derived forms: Newmarkets, newmarkets

Type of: card game, cards, coat

Encyclopedia: Newmarket, ON