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  • noun poker slang A three and an eight as starting cards in Texas hold 'em

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From the American actress Raquel Welch.

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Examples

  • WELCH: Yes, there's another product that I have out on HSN called the Raquel Welch jewelry collection.

    CNN Transcript May 8, 2004 2004

  • WELCH: Yes, there's another product that I have out on HSN called the Raquel Welch jewelry collection.

    CNN Transcript Apr 28, 2004 2004

  • WigSalon has instructions on their website on how to change their wig, formerly known as the Raquel Welch, into the now named Sarah Palin style.

    TREND HUNTER - The Latest Trends 2008

  • WigSalon has instructions on their website on how to change their wig, formerly known as the Raquel Welch, into the now named Sarah Palin style.

    TREND HUNTER - The Latest Trends 2008

  • WigSalon has instructions on their website on how to change their wig, formerly known as the Raquel Welch, into the now named Sarah Palin style.

    TREND HUNTER - The Latest Trends 2008

  • WigSalon has instructions on their website on how to change their wig, formerly known as the Raquel Welch, into the now named Sarah Palin style.

    TREND HUNTER - The Latest Trends 2008

  • His artwork is in several important private collections in the United States, including those of notable celebrities such as Raquel Welch, Oprah Winfrey, and Jack Welch ....

    Six Remarkable Contemporary Artists 2009

  • 'Raquel Welch' in it, I would get twenty posts here lecturing me about 'the rules' and how

    Latest Articles 2010

  • Ever since she materialized onscreen in a bikini made from the skin of some nameless prehistoric beast in "One Million Years B.C.," Raquel Welch has had a cherished spot in the imagination of American moviegoers.

    Peeking at Raquel, Twin Peaking in TriBeCa Steve Dollar 2012

  • I suppose if a gay man was going to make himself into a woman, and he's a film critic and he wants to embody somebody who is a movie star, maybe he would want to look like Raquel Welch.

    Peeking at Raquel, Twin Peaking in TriBeCa Steve Dollar 2012

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