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Dictionary: four-flush   (fôr'flŭsh', fōr'-)
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intr.v., -flushed, -flush·ing, -flush·es.
  1. Games. To bluff in poker with a four flush.
  2. Slang. To make empty claims; bluff.
four-flusher four'-flush'er n.

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    To cause to accept what is false, especially by trickery or misrepresentation: beguile, betray, bluff, cozen, deceive, delude, double-cross, dupe, fool, hoodwink, humbug, mislead, take in, trick. Informal bamboozle, have. Idioms: lead astray, play false, pull the wool over someone's eyes, put something over on, take for a ride. See honest/dishonest.

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A four flush (also flush draw) is a poker hand that is one card short of being a full flush,[1] four flushing refers to empty boasting[2] or unsuccessful bluffing,[3] and a four flusher is a person who makes empty boasts or bluffs when holding a four flush.[1][4] Four flusher can also refer to a welcher, piker, or braggart.[5] This often pejorative term originated in the 19th century when bluffing poker players misrepresented that they had a flush—a poker hand comprised of five cards all of one suit—when they only had four cards of one suit.[3][4][6] Optimal strategies for bluffing or folding when holding a four flush have been explored extensively in poker strategy books.[7][8][9][10][11]

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The first Governor of Oklahoma, Charles N. Haskell, denounced President and political opponent Theodore Roosevelt, calling him a "four flusher".[12] The Doobie Brothers included the song Double Dealin' Four Flusher in their 1975 album Stampede.[13] The Four Flusher is the name of an American comedy written in 1925.[14]

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References

  1. ^ a b Stelzer, Irwin M. (2004-04-17). "All Hat and No Cattle". The Weekly Standard (34 (Why, despite everything, Bush should win)). http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/004/068ifwqz.asp. Retrieved 2009-03-05. "In New York and Vegas, the phrase is "four flusher," to denote a poker player holding a worthless hand, one card shy of a powerful flush, but bluffing in the hope that opponents will mistake his smirk for strength.". 
  2. ^ ""Four-Flusher" Defined". New York Times (New York Times Company). 1908-10-02. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9400E3D6133EE233A25751C0A9669D946997D6CF. Retrieved 2009-03-05. "But the term is usually applied to one who "bulls" his way through life with a terrific "front" and who when "called," absolutely fails to "deliver the goods."" 
  3. ^ a b "THE "FOUR FLUSHER"". New York Times (New York Times Company). 1908-09-29. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9901EFDF1731E233A2575AC2A96F9C946997D6CF. Retrieved 2009-03-05. "It seems then, that a "four flusher" properly speaking, must be an unsuccessful bluffer" 
  4. ^ a b "A defense of the four-flusher". New York Times (New York Times Company). 1908-10-02. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9B00E3D6133EE233A25751C0A9669D946997D6CF. Retrieved 2009-03-05. 
  5. ^ Monteleone, Vincent Joseph (2003). Criminal Slang: The Vernacular of the Underground Lingo. The Lawbook Exchange. ISBN 1584773006. http://books.google.com/books?id=nN81uyN8WmIC&pg=PA90&dq=%22four+flusher%22+source:%22-newswire%22+source:%22-wire%22+source:%22-presswire%22+source:%22-pr%22+source:%22-press%22+source:%22-release%22+source:%22-wikipedia%22&num=50. Retrieved 2009-03-05. 
  6. ^ Ruch, John (2002-08-22). "What is the meaning of the term “four-flusher” or “four-flushing”?". http://archives.stupidquestion.net/sq91902fourflusher.html. Retrieved 2009-03-05. "A four-flusher originally was someone who bluffs or otherwise can’t back up his or her bragging" 
  7. ^ "Books Of The Times". New York Times (New York Times Company). 1981-04-04. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=980CE6DE1738F937A35756C0A967948260. Retrieved 2009-03-05. "From one of the book's many tables, Optimal Strategy for the Four Flusher, we learn that if you hold four cards to a flush, have called the opening bettor and have failed to make your flush, you should bluff once in every two cases that you can make a bet the size of the pot." 
  8. ^ Silberstang, Edwin (2005). The Winner's Guide to Casino Gambling. Henry Holt & Company. p. 376. ISBN 0805077650. http://books.google.com/books?num=50&q=%22four+flush%22+%22The+Winner%27s+Guide+to+Casino+Gambling%22&btnG=Search+Books. Retrieved 2009-03-05. 
  9. ^ Wenzel, John (2006). The Everything Texas Hold'em Book. Everything Books. p. 118. ISBN 1593375794. http://books.google.com/books?id=LChhsFBJDJIC&pg=PA118&dq=%22four+flush%22&num=50. Retrieved 2009-03-05. 
  10. ^ Levinson, Horace C (2001). Chance, Luck, and Statistics. Courier Dover Publications. p. 129. ISBN 0486419975. http://books.google.com/books?id=o3p7AArQRLsC&pg=PA129&dq=%22four+flush%22&num=50. Retrieved 2009-03-05. 
  11. ^ Wenzel, John (2004). The Everything Poker Strategy Book. Everything Books. ISBN 1593371403. http://books.google.com/books?id=4F68A1b826IC&pg=PT227&dq=%22four+flush%22&num=50. Retrieved 2009-03-05. 
  12. ^ "ROOSEVELT "FOUR-FLUSHER."; Gov. Haskell Again Attacks the President". New York Times (New York Times Company). 1908-09-28. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9D03E2DF1731E233A2575BC2A96F9C946997D6CF. Retrieved 2009-03-05. "He [Haskell] denounced President Roosevelt as a "four-flusher"" 
  13. ^ McLennan, Scott (2007-06-21). "The Doobie Brothers comes back around again". Worcester Telegram & Gazette. http://www.telegram.com/article/20070621/NEWS/706210355/1102. Retrieved 2009-03-05. "Most recently, the band returned to the 1975 album “Stampede” to work up a new arrangement of “Double Dealin’ Four Flusher.”" 
  14. ^ Dunn, Caesar (1925). The Four-flusher: An American Comedy in Three Acts. S. French. http://books.google.com/books?id=lx-kGQAACAAJ&dq=%22four+flusher%22+source:%22-newswire%22+source:%22-wire%22+source:%22-presswire%22+source:%22-pr%22+source:%22-press%22+source:%22-release%22+source:%22-wikipedia%22&num=50. Retrieved 2009-03-05. 

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