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Noun
codille (uncountable)
- (obsolete, card games) The winning of the majority of tricks in the game of ombre.
- 1712-17, Alexander Pope, The Rape of the Lock (London: Chiswick Press. 1925. p. 33-34)
- The Knave of Diamonds tries his wily Arts,
and wins (oh shameful Chance!) the Queen of Hearts
At this, the Blood the Virgin's Cheek forsook,
A livid Paleness spreads o'er all her Look;
She sees, and trembles at th' approaching Ill,
Just in the Jaws of Ruin, and Codille.
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