deuce1

noun

• 1North American a thing representing, or represented by, the number two, in particular:
• the two on dice or playing cards: a doctored die having two deuces
• a throw of two at dice.
• informal, dated a two-dollar bill: a deuce for the hat-check girl

• 2 Tennis the score of 40 all in a game, at which each player needs two consecutive points to win the game: the Swede pegged him back to deuce from 40-love a marathon game that went to eleven deuces