Meaning & use
four of a kind
A poker hand containing four cards of the same rank, such as four queens.
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He won the pot with a four of a kind, beating his opponent's full house.
Getting a four of a kind in a five-card hand is quite rare.
A note on using this word
In poker hand rankings, four of a kind beats a flush but loses to a straight flush.
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