▪ I. kilter Poker.
(ˈkɪltə(r))
[prob. var. of dial. kelter4.]
A hand consisting only of cards of little or no value.
| 1895 ‘Templar’ Poker Manual 55 Suppose you have an utterly valueless hand dealt you, say for example, deuce, four of hearts, six of clubs, seven of spades and nine of diamonds; this sort of hand is termed a ‘kilter’. 1904 R. F. Foster Pract. Poker 126 The Southern custom of raising the ante on a kilter, and then standing pat. 1948 O. Jacoby On Poker xii. 144 There are any number of additional combinations of cards which are given rank in various localities. Some of these are the Dog, the Tiger, the Skeet, the Kilter, [etc.]. |
▪ II. kilter
var. kilta, kelter2.