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Added 9 October 2026

deuce

/djuːs/ noun

In Latin: duo Wiktionary

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A card with two pips, one of four in a standard deck of playing cards.
A side of a die with two spots.
A cast of dice totalling two.

noun

The Devil, used in exclamations of confusion or anger.
Synonym of devil (“something awkward or difficult”).
We had a deuce of a time getting here.

Origin

From Middle English dewes (“two”), from Anglo-Norman, from Old French deus, from Latin duo. The word was used by Ford Motor Co. in 1932 to describe a two-seater car model.

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