Dickings is a poker term that implies a bad beat.

Consider the following hand: A player is holding A♦ K♦ and the Flop comes up 10♦ J♦ Q♠, giving the player the nuts, both a Straight to the Ace, and 4 of a Royal Flush.

The Turn is 4♠, and the River is 8♠, giving another player holding 7♠ 2♠ (A hand referred to as the Hammer, arguably the worst possible starting hand in Hold'em) the Flush, beating the first player's Straight.

The first player is said to have been 'dicked', and his friends may refer to the 'dickings' that were handed out and the player may then go on tilt.

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