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DEUCE (a corruption of the Fr. deux, two)

This article appears in Volume V08, Page 116 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: DEM-DIO
DEUCE (a corruption of the Fr. deux, two) , a
term
  applied to the " two " of any suit of cards, or of dice. It is also a
term
  used in tennis when both sides have each scored three points in a game, or five
games
  in a set; to win the game or set two points or
games
  must then be won consecutively. The earliest instances in
English
  of the use of the
slang
  expression " the
deuce
 ," in exclamations and the like, date from the middle of the 17th
century
 . The meaning was similar to that of " plague " or " mischief " in such phrases as " plague on you," " mischief take you " and the like. The use of the word as an
euphemism
  for " the devil " is later. According to the New
English
  Dictionary the most probable derivation is from a Low
German
  das daus, i.e. the "
deuce
  " in dice, the lowest and therefore the most unlucky throw. The personification, with a consequent
change
  of gender, to der daus, came later. The word has also been identified with the name of a giant or goblin in Teutonic mythology.


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