Brag, a game at cards, so called because each player endeavours to impose upon the others, and to make them believe that his hand is better than it really is. A sum of money is usually staked, and the cards being compared, the best hand wins.
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Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 2: Beaugency to Cataract, p. 385
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