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| kit·ty [ kíttee ] (plural kit·ties) |
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1. joint pool of money: a fund of money contributed to by a group of people and used to buy something in common
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2. proportion of overall pot in poker: a portion of the total amount of money bet by all the players on each hand of poker
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3. pool of bets: the amount of money that has been bet by the players in a game
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4. U.S. card games Same as widown (sense 4)
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| [Early 19th century. Originally "prison." Origin ?] |