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Ace in the Hole is a slang
Slang

Slang is the use of highly informal words and expressions that are not considered standard in the speaker's dialect or language....
 expression meaning a secret or extra asset to assure success, referring to the ace
Ace

The word "ace" comes from the Old French word 'as' meaning 'a unit', from the name of a small Ancient Rome coin. It originally meant the side of a dice with only one mark, before it was a term for a playing card....
 playing card
Playing card

A playing card is a piece of specially prepared heavy paper, thin card, or thin plastic, figured with distinguishing motifs and used as one of a set for playing card games....
 a player has as a hole card (or face down card) in a game of stud poker
Stud poker

Stud poker is any of a number of poker List of poker variantss in which each player receives a mix of face-down and face-up cards dealt in multiple betting rounds....
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References to this expression include:

Songs:






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Ace in the Hole is a slang
Slang

Slang is the use of highly informal words and expressions that are not considered standard in the speaker's dialect or language....
 expression meaning a secret or extra asset to assure success, referring to the ace
Ace

The word "ace" comes from the Old French word 'as' meaning 'a unit', from the name of a small Ancient Rome coin. It originally meant the side of a dice with only one mark, before it was a term for a playing card....
 playing card
Playing card

A playing card is a piece of specially prepared heavy paper, thin card, or thin plastic, figured with distinguishing motifs and used as one of a set for playing card games....
 a player has as a hole card (or face down card) in a game of stud poker
Stud poker

Stud poker is any of a number of poker List of poker variantss in which each player receives a mix of face-down and face-up cards dealt in multiple betting rounds....
.

References to this expression include:

Songs:
  • "Ace in the Hole", a 1909 popular Tin Pan Alley
    Tin Pan Alley

    Tin Pan Alley is the name given to the collection of New York City-centered History of music publishings and songwriters who dominated the American popular music of the United States in the late 19th century and early 20th century....
     song by James Dempsey and George Mitchell; later recorded by such artists as Bunk Johnson
    Bunk Johnson

    Willie Gary "Bunk" Johnson was a prominent early New Orleans jazz trumpet player in the early years of the 20th century who enjoyed a revived career in the 1940s....
    , Lu Watters
    Lu Watters

    Lucius "Lu" Watters was a trumpeter and bandleader of the Yerba Buena Jazz Band in the "West Coast revival" of Dixieland music. This is relational to trad jazz as the musicians tended to be white and had little or no actual connections to New Orleans....
    , Bob Scobey
    Bob Scobey

    Bob Scobey was an American jazz musician born in Tucumcari, New Mexico.He began his career playing in dance orchestras and nightclubs in the 1930s....
    , and the Dukes of Dixieland
  • "Ace in the Hole" (Cole Porter song)
    Ace in the Hole (Cole Porter song)

    "Ace in the Hole" is a 1941 popular music song written by Cole Porter, for his musical Let's Face It!, where it was introduced by Mary Jane Walsh, Sunnie O'Dea and Nanette Fabray....
  • "Ace in the Hole", 1979 song by Paul Simon
    Paul Simon

    Paul Frederic Simon is an United States singer-songwriter and musician, perhaps best known for his partnership with Art Garfunkel in the duo Simon & Garfunkel....
  • "Ace in the Hole", song written by Dennis Adkins and sung by George Strait
    George Strait

    George Harvey Strait is a Grammy Award -winning United States country music singer. Strait is referred to as the "King of Country," and critics call Strait a living legend....
  • "Ace in the Hole", song by Dave Van Ronk
    Dave Van Ronk

    Dave Van Ronk was a folk singer born in Brooklyn, New York, who settled in Greenwich Village, New York City, and was nicknamed the "Mayor of MacDougal Street."...
  • "Ace in the hole" 1952 Rhythm & Blues record by the Griffin Brothers Orchestra featuring Margie Day, vocal. [Dot records,Dot 1108]


Others:
  • Ace in the Hole (film), a 1951 film starring Kirk Douglas
    Kirk Douglas

    Kirk Douglas is an Academy Award-nominated United States actor and film producer known for his cleft chin, his gravelly voice and his recurring roles as the kinds of characters Douglas himself once described as "sons of bitches"....
  • Ace in the Hole (cartoon)
    Ace in the Hole (cartoon)

    Ace in the Hole is the fifth animated cartoon short subject in the Woody Woodpecker series. Released theatrically on June 22, 1942, the film was produced by Walter Lantz Productions and distributed by Universal Studios.....
    , a 1942 cartoon starring Woody Woodpecker
    Woody Woodpecker

    Woody Woodpecker is an animation fictional character, an anthropomorphic woodpecker who appeared in theatrical short films produced by the Walter Lantz Studio animation studio and distributed by Universal Studios....
  • President John F. Kennedy
    John F. Kennedy

    John Fitzgerald "Jack" Kennedy , often referred to by his initials JFK, was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States, serving from 1961 until John F....
     called the 341st Missile Wing
    341st Missile Wing

    The United States Air Force's 341st Missile Wing is an ICBM unit headquartered at Malmstrom AFB, Montana. Until July 1, 2008, it was designated as the 341st Space Wing....
     at Malmstrom AFB, Montana his "First Ace in the Hole" during the Cuban Missile Crisis due to its revolutionary and unmatched capability in nuclear war at the time.
  • The Godfather: Part III character Don Altobello
    Don Altobello

    Don Osvaldo "Ozzie" Altobello is a fictional character in the film The Godfather: Part III, and the novels The Godfather Returns and The Godfather's Revenge....
    : "You are my 'ace in the hole,' as we say in America. I have a stone in my shoe. You can remove it."
  • Heath Ledger
    Heath Ledger

    Heath Andrew Ledger was an Australian television and film actor. After performing roles in Australian television and film during the 1990s, Ledger moved to the United States in 1998 to develop his movie career....
    's Joker in The Dark Knight refers to Harvey Dent as his 'ace in the hole': "You've gotta have an ace in the hole... Mine's Harvey..."
  • An episode of Batman Beyond
    Batman Beyond

    Batman Beyond is an United States of America animated television series created by The WB Television Network in collaboration with DC Comics as a continuation of the Batman legacy....
     featuring Bruce Wayne's dog.