A midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region.

synonyms: Great Lakes State, MI, Mich., Wolverine State.

Dutch: Michigan

The 3rd largest of the Great Lakes; the largest freshwater lake entirely within the United States borders.

synonym: Lake Michigan.

A gambling card game in which chips are placed on the ace and king and queen and jack of separate suits (taken from a separate deck); a player plays the lowest card of a suit in his hand and successively higher cards are played until the sequence stops; the player who plays a card matching one in the layout wins all the chips on that card.

synonyms: boodle, Chicago, Newmarket, stops.