broads

broads
   obsolete
   playing cards
   In the days when they were still the Devil's pictures:
    Will you have a... touch of the broads with me? (Mayhew, 1851 — it was an invitation to play cards)

How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms. . 2014.

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