HyperDic: pisha_paysha

English > 1 sense of the expression pisha paysha:
NOUNactpisha paysha(Yiddish) a card game for two players one of whom is usually a child
English > pisha paysha: 1 sense > noun 1, act
Meaning(Yiddish) a card game for two players one of whom is usually a child; the deck is place face down with one card face upward; players draw from the deck alternately hoping to build up or down from the open card; the player with the fewest cards when the deck is exhausted is the winner.
CategoryYiddishA dialect of High German including some Hebrew and other words
Broadercard game, cardsA game / game played with playing cards

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