plenty (iou) and Overs Button - Poker (gambling)

plenty (iou)

plenty noun, adjective, & adverb. ME.
[Old French plentet, (also mod. dial.) plente from Latin plenitas, -tat- fullness: see -TY1.]
A. noun.
a. The state of having abundance. rare. Only in ME.
b. Full or complete state; fullness, completeness, perfection. Only in ME.
c. The state of having much or being in abundance; plentifulness. Freq. in in plenty, plentiful, in abundance. LME.
P. S. Buck The General feeling of plenty in this rich land.
a. A full or abundant supply; a large or sufficient amount or number (of); abundance of something. Also, a great deal. ME.
plenty on one's plate: see PLATE noun 25.
D. M. Davin In plenty of time to prepare for..Christmas. Studio News There's..plenty happening in the..field.
b. A large number (of). Cf. sense B.1b below. Now rare or obsolete. ME.
c. A large quantity, a plentiful supply (of). Now chiefly US. E17.
Z. N. Hurston Ah..collect..tales and Ah know y'all know a plenty.
a. Abundance of the necessaries and comforts of life; a condition or time of General abundance. ME.
horn of plenty: see HORN noun.
Ld Macaulay A plenty unknown in..Munster.
b. In pl. Provisions; things constituting the necessaries and comforts of life; possessions. L16-E18.
b. adjective.
a. pred. Existing or present in ample quantity or number; present in abundance; plentiful, numerous. Now chiefly colloq. ME.
R. L. Stevenson Quartz and..cinnabar. Both were plenty in our Silverado.
b. postpositive. Numerous, many. Cf. sense A.2b above. rare exc. dial. ME.
c. attrib. Abundant, many. colloq. & dial. M19.
B. Gilroy Plenty snake hidin' in the grass. New Yorker There's plenty more..where that came from.
Characterized by or having abundance; abundantly supplied. rare. Only in L16.
Excellent. slang. M20.
C. adverb. Abundantly; exceedingly. colloq. M19.
B. Schulberg You got Irving Thalberg plenty worried.

Overs Button - Poker (gambling)

A button designating a player who will play at a higher limit when only those who have such an arrangement remain in a pot. Two or more players in a 20-40 game, for example, might agree that when either only they are in a pot or when others fold causing only them to remain, they will play 100-200. Each player so agreeing gets an overs button

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