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Tib and Tom
Tib is the ace of trumps, and Tom is the knave of trumps in the
game of Gleek.
“That gamester needs must overcome, That can play both Tib and Tom.” Randolph: Hermuphrodite, p. 640.
Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894 More on Tib and Tom from Infoplease:
- Tib and Tom - Tib and Tom Tib is the ace of trumps, and Tom is the knave of trumps in the game of Gleek. ...
- Gleek - Gleek A game at cards, sometimes called cleek. Thus, in Epsom Wells, Dorothy says to Mrs. Bisket, ...
- Dictionary of Phrase and Fable: T - Definitions, origins, and illustrative excerpts for words, phases, and literary allusions starting with "T"
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