straight flush

noun

: a hand of playing cards in poker that contains five cards of the same suit in sequence (such as a five, a six, a seven, an eight, and a nine of clubs)

Full Definition of STRAIGHT FLUSH

: a poker hand containing five cards of the same suit in sequence — see poker illustration

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First Known Use of STRAIGHT FLUSH

1864

Rhymes with STRAIGHT FLUSH

airbrush, broad-brush, bull rush, bulrush, bum-rush, four-flush, gold rush, hairbrush, hush-hush, inrush, nailbrush, onrush, paintbrush, sagebrush, scrub brush, song thrush, toothbrush, uprush, wood thrush

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