Deuce of Cards (The)

The two (French, deux). The three is called “Tray” (French, trois; Latin, tres).

“A gentleman being punched by a butcher’s tray, exclaimed, ‘Deuce take the tray.ʹ ‘Well,ʹ said the boy, ‘I donʹt know how the deuce is to take the tray.ʹ”—Jest Book.