Definitions
A card game in which players try to reach 21 without going over.
Word origin
From black + jack.
Used in a sentence
“The pain is sometimes like the dull, heavy thud of being hit with a lead-filled blackjack; other times like a wizard is reaching deep below the skin and ripping muscles, tendons, and nerves.”
“A steep slope rose, crested by stunted blackjacks.”
“This man had a brother about six miles off, settled on a rich White River bottom-land farm -- and while a blackjack clay soil yielded seventy bushels to the acre, this fine bottom-land would not average fifty.”
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Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Twenty-one cards”9 letters
02“Twenty-one game”9 letters
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