[f. prec. sb.] trans. At euchre: To gain the advantage over (an adversary) by his failure to take three tricks: see the sb. Hence transf. to outwit, ‘do,’ ‘best.’ Also, To euchre (a person) out of (a thing).
c. 1866. B. Harte, Tennessee’s Partner, Wks. 1880, II. 141. Tennessee smiled, showed his white teeth, and saying, ‘Euchred, old man!’ held out his hand.
1880. in Webster (Suppl.)
1887. Concord (N. Hamp.) Monitor, 23 March. The stockholders … have been euchered out of their investments in Vermont railroads.
