Beggar-my-neighbour,

Beggar-my-neighbour, a game at cards played by two persons, between whom the pack is equally divided. Holding their cards back-upwards, the players lay down a card alternately, till an honour is turned up, which is paid for by the adversary—four cards for an ace, three for a king, two for a queen, and one for a knave. Such payment being made, the winner lifts the trick; but if au honour is laid down during the payment, then the opposite party must pay for that in the same way; and so on, till a payment is made without au honour. The object is to win all the cards in the pack. The game is as old at least as 1777.