Means either putting your own pegs forward, or those of your adversary
back, as they may best suit your purpose; and it is always executed
while you are laying out your cards for crib.
The method generally adopted for this business is to take the two cards
which you intend to put out for the crib, and fix them with your third
finger on the back of the cards, and your others on the front; then
holding them fast in your hand, you cover the pegs in the board from the
sight of your adversary, while with your first finger and thumb on the
same hand, you take out unperceived any peg you like, and place the same
wherever you think proper.
THE BRIDGE; or, “THE OLD GENTLEMAN”
Is a card slightly curved. By introducing it carelessly into the pack,
and shuffling them, it can be cut at pleasure. The trick of the “Old
Gentleman” consists in merely introducing into the pack a card of
thicker substance than the rest, which can likewise be cut at pleasure,
by being properly placed by the shuffler.