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'''Deuce''', derived from Latin, refers to the number [[two]].
'''Deuce''' may also refer to:
==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 score|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)]].
==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
==Entertainment==
*''[[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)|''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)|''Deuce'' (Beautiful Creatures album)]], an album by glam-metal band Beautiful Creatures
*[[Deuce (The D.O.C. album)|''Deuce'' (The D.O.C. album)]], an album by rapper The D.O.C.
*[[Deuce (Korn DVD)|''Deuce'' (Korn DVD)]], a music DVD released by Korn
*[[Deuce (Rory Gallagher album)|''Deuce'' (Rory Gallagher album)]], a 1971 album by Rory Gallagher
*[[Deuce (song)|"Deuce" (song)]], a song on Kiss' debut, self-titled album
* "The Deuce" WUWM Milwaukee Public Radio's second program service.
* A lyric of the famous song "I Am What I Am" from Tony Award-winning Broadway musical "[[La Cage aux Folles]]" (1983-1987) is as follows: "I am what I am and what I am needs no excuses/I deal my own deck sometimes the ace, sometimes the '''deuces'''".
==Military==
*"[[Ma deuce|Ma Deuce]]", a slang term for the M2 Browning machine gun
*"[[Deuce and a half|Deuce and a Half]]", a slang term for the M35 2-1/2 ton Cargo truck
==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]], 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 Two|"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 [[V sign|peace sign]] used as a valediction
*[[Deuce_(DUI)|"Deuce," California Criminal Law]]: Common usage for a Driving Under the Influence case or suspect. Cal. Vehicle Code sec. 23152.
* [[List of Polish musicians|Polish musician]] [[Piotrek Połoz]] under the artist name of Deuce
*[[Dirty Deuce]], Bexar Bulverde Vol. Fire Department "Temporary" station 2.
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