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Meanings of deuce in English

Portuguese
bakeng deuce
Spanish
bakeng deuce
Wikidata

1970 Kit aircraft by Jerry Bakeng in the United States.

Related terms
bakeng deuce
Portuguese
dois
Catalan
2

The cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number.

dois
Synonyms
Examples for "duce"
Examples for "duce"
1
How could it-'JohnnyDromore duce, et auspice Johnny Dromore!'
The Dark Flower
2
The duce take you all that do so, say I!-Onlythat, thank my stars, I am a bachelor.
Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 1
3
Allow me to in-tro-duce Jennie!
Hiding the Elephant
4
When, Billy duce et auspice Billy, the gang played at pirates or Red Indians, it was pitiful to watch their ignorant endeavours.
The Fortunate Youth
5
Videmus quidem ubique fere studium scrutandi veritatemque scribendi maximum: tamen sine Tillemontio duce ubi scilicet hujus historia finitur saepius noster titubat atque hallucinatur.
Memoirs of My Life and Writings
Portuguese
mas que inferno
Catalan
dimonis
Spanish
adiós

A word used in exclamations of confusion.

mas que inferno
Usage of deuce in English
1
Murray can't convert them though: a double fault takes it to deuce.
The Guardian
2
In one hand he held a playing card: the deuce of diamonds.
Wizard and glass
3
It has played the deuce with me, in all sorts of ways.
Born in Exile
4
I listened in puzzled fascination, and wondered who the deuce he was.
The Madonna of the Future
5
She was in the deuce of a hurry, I can assure you.
King--of the Khyber Rifles: A Romance of Adventure
6
The deuce only knows what I am thought of by the brethren.
Tess of the d'Urbervilles: A Pure Woman
7
He bludgeons a forehand wide on the next point and it's deuce.
The Guardian
8
And your husband in particular-whythe deuce should HE be so happy?
The Great Hunger
9
And sometimes I think that women will play the deuce with politics.
The Coryston Family / A Novel
10
We followed you, and had the deuce of a time doing it.
The Beautiful and Damned
11
He forces Murray to deuce, whereupon the Brit's serve falls to bits.
The Guardian
12
They are the deuce, these troublesome wives, and that is the truth.
Barry Lyndon
13
We have had the deuce of a time since we left Tegucigalpa.
Adventures and Letters of Richard Harding Davis
14
Let honour say whatever it likes, the deuce take him who listens.
Sganarelle, or, the Self-Deceived Husband
15
What the deuce could the fellow ever have seen in Cynthia Farrow?
The Second Honeymoon
16
He was desperate and somehow fought through three deuce points to hold.
The Guardian
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Translations for deuce
Deuce through the time
Deuce across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Rare