Deuce

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Contents 1 Sports and games 2 People 3 Entertainment 4 Military 5 Other uses

Deuce, derived from Latin, refers to the number two.

Deuce may also refer to:

[edit] Sports and games

• A playing card with the number two; in most games the lowest-ranked card
• Deuce-to-seven low, a method for evaluating low hands in poker
• In tennis scoring, when 2 players both have a score of 40. Two consecutive points would need to be scored to win the game.
• ESPN 2, a sports television network nicknamed "the deuce"
• In baseball, a curveball is often referred to as "a deuce"
• A card game like Euchre and Spades also referred to as Deuce (card game).

[edit] People

• Deuce McAllister, an American football player for the New Orleans Saints
• Jimmy Reiher, Jr., a professional wrestler using the ring name "Deuce"
• Clint Dempsey, an American soccer player

[edit] Entertainment

• 'What the Deuce!?' is a phrase used frequently by the character 'Stewie' in the Fox8 cartoon 'Family Guy'.
• Deuces, A fictional gang in the 1992 movie South Central. Named after the fact that the gang grew quickly and multiplied.
• Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo, a 1999 comedy film starring Rob Schneider
• Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo the 2005 sequel to the 1999 film.
• Deuces Wild, a 2002 film starring Johnny Knoxville
• Deuce (play), a play by Terence McNally
• Fire Deuce, side-project band of Travis Stever
• Deuce (band), a UK pop band from the mid '90s
• Deuce (Beautiful Creatures album), an album by glam-metal band Beautiful Creatures
• Deuce (The D.O.C. album), an album by rapper The D.O.C.
• Deuce (Korn DVD), a music DVD released by Korn
• Deuce (Rory Gallagher album), a 1971 album by Rory Gallagher
• "Deuce" (song), a song on Kiss' debut, self-titled album
• "The Deuce" WUWM Milwaukee Public Radio's second program service.

[edit] Military

• "Ma Deuce", a slang term for the M2 Browning machine gun
• "Deuce and a Half", a slang term for the M35 2-1/2 ton cargo truck

[edit] Other uses

• English Electric DEUCE (Digital Electronic Universal Computing Engine), a British commercial computer built by English Electric in the 1950s
• The Deuce, double-decker buses serving the Las Vegas Strip
• "Deuce coupe", a slang term for the 1932 Ford Model B car
• The 'common name' for the Harley-Davidson FXSTD/FXSTDI model motorcycle (Softail Deuce)
• Deuce (character), a character from the webcomic Jerkcity
• Ann Arbor, Michigan, nicknamed "The Deuce" or "Ace Deuce"
• A slang term for feces, related to the euphemism "Number 2"
• A name for the devil, usually used as a mild oath, for example, "What the deuce is going on here?" and "What the Deuce?" (for instance, used by Mr. Rochester in Jane Eyre).
• "Deuce", used to denote the two-finger peace sign used as a valediction
• "Deuce," California Criminal Law: Common usage for a Driving Under the Influence case or suspect. Cal. Vehicle Code sec. 23152.
• Polish musician Piotrek Połoz under the artist name of Deuce
• Dirty Deuce, Bexar Bulverde Vol. Fire Department "Temporary" station 2.