beggar-my-neighbour

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beggar-my-neighbour

Two children play a game of beggar-my-neighbour at a kitchen table.

Definition

Noun: A simple, competitive card game for two players. The objective is to win all of the cards from the opponent's deck through a series of direct challenges and captures.

Usage

This term is used as the name of the specific card game. It functions as a singular, uncountable noun when referring to the game itself. * They spent the afternoon playing beggar-my-neighbour. * Do you know the rules for beggar-my-neighbour?

Examples
  • As children, we often played beggar-my-neighbour during long car journeys.
  • The simplicity of beggar-my-neighbour makes it easy for beginners to learn.
  • In beggar-my-neighbour, players take turns placing cards until a face card appears, which must then be covered by the opponent.
Advanced Usage
  • Metaphorical Use: The term can be used metaphorically to describe a situation, policy, or strategy where one party's gain is directly and destructively dependent on another's loss, resembling a zero-sum competition.
    • The trade war devolved into a beggar-my-neighbour policy that harmed both economies.
    • The company's aggressive pricing was a beggar-my-neighbour tactic designed to drive competitors out of business.
Variants and Related Words
  • Beggar-my-neighbor: The American English spelling variant.
  • Strip Jack Naked: A common alternative name for the same game in some regions.
  • War: Another simple two-player card game with a similar concept of capturing cards, though with different rules.
Synonyms
  • (For the game) Strip Jack Naked, Battle.
  • (For the metaphorical concept) Zero-sum game, cutthroat competition, predatory policy.
Related Idioms
  • A beggar-thy-neighbor policy: This is the standard idiomatic phrase in economics and politics, using the archaic "thy" (your). It describes a protectionist strategy where a country attempts to benefit itself at the direct expense of other nations, often through tariffs or currency devaluation.
    • Economists warned that imposing high tariffs would be a short-sighted beggar-thy-neighbor policy.
beggar-my-neighbour

Two children play a game of beggar-my-neighbour at a kitchen table.

Noun
  1. a card game for two players in which the object is to win all of the other player's cards

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