sheephead

English

Noun

sheephead (uncountable)

1. (card games) Alternative form of sheepshead
   • 2014, R. L. Sterup, Close to the Edge Down By the River:

     When they retreated to the shade of a picnic table to swill lemonade or iced tea a cousin from the Dakotas showed them the finer points of sheephead, a card game of ancient vintage, not the actual beast's cranium. She picked it up right away.

Derived terms

• California sheephead