Popular Cribbage Terminology to use During Play

FLUSH: When, in one’s hand, one has either four or five cards of the same suit, which scores for either four or five points.  However, when in one’s crib, the four cards MUST all be in the crib, the starter card can’t count as part of a four point flush; a five point flush CAN still be counted in the crib. 

FOOLHARDY PUNK: Someone who hast never beaten a double skunk!

FRANGLAIS:  A mix between French and English, with English being dominant.  Usually English words that have been slightly modified in order to make them sound classier. 

FULL HOUSE: A hand that contains a pair royal and a pair (4-4-4-8-8) that scores for eight points.  This term is used only by the basest of crib-lebes.

FULL HOUSE FLUSH: A “flush” that incorporates three cards of one suit and two cards of another suit.  A “black/red full house flush” can also be claimed if one has three red cards and two black cards (or vice versa) in one’s hand. 

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