Terminology
There are a number of special terms in the game of 42:
- dominoes: rocks, bones
- shuffle: shake, wash, stir
- suit: number on one end of the domino
- points: marks
- 1s: aces
- 2s: deuces (or "ducks")
- 3s: treys
- the one-blank: roach
- the six-three: the devil
- the two-one: domination dominoe
- low: nello
- to not follow suit when appropriate: renege
- one who reneges: renegger
- the verb meaning to play a trump on a non-trump: trump
- the double of any trump suit: the "bull" or "big kahuna"
- the trump immediately below the double: the "cow" or "moo-moo"
- count which adds up to 5: a nickel
- count which adds up to 10: a dime
- shooter: bidding 42
- double shooter: bidding 84
- trash: worth no points
- count: worth points
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