deuce

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"By the deuce," said Boulatruelle, "I'll find him again.
“見鬼，”蒲辣禿柳兒想，“我會再找到他的。
Oh, the deuce! then we shall pay the more, that's all, I see plainly enough.
“噢，見鬼！” 阿爾貝說，“那麽我們得多付一點錢了，不過如此而已。
I only discovered it by accident, and I have been driving like the deuce to overtake you.
我是碰巧發現你走了的，所以像鬼似地駕著車拼命地追，才趕上了你。

Deuce dates from a later era, when midwestern dynasties like the Wrigleys joined the competition.
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Liberty, prosperity, justice come from the hand of a wild deuce man or woman.
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Deuce is the score in a game of tennis when both players have forty points. One player has to win two points one after the other to win the game.
In card games such as poker, a deuce is a playing card with two symbols on it, for example the two of hearts or the two of spades.
an expression of annoyance or frustration
used in such phrases as what the deuce, where the deuce, etc