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| consolation prize |
a prize given to a loser or runner-up in a competition, as a means of consoling. |
| gammon1 |
a win in backgammon in which the loser has not managed to remove any pieces. [1/2 definitions] |
| lurch2 |
in certain card games, a situation in which the loser has fewer than half the points of the winner. |
| mumbletypeg |
a children's game in which the players toss a knife in various prescribed ways, trying to stick the blade in the ground, with the loser having to withdraw a peg from the ground with his or her teeth. |
| old maid |
a card game in which all the cards except one can be matched in pairs, the loser being the player left holding the odd card. [1/3 definitions] |
| turkey |
(slang) a foolish or inept person; loser. [1/4 definitions] |
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