In the 19th Century Victorian British underworld slang, playing-cards were called broads. Playing a game of cards was known as \”Spreading Broads.\” Cheating at cards was called \”broading\” and a card sharp was called a \”broadsman\”.Tossing Broads is a gaffed game that cannot be beat; hence, the broad tosser plays a gaffed joint, or flat joint. A Three-Card Monte game withthe prevailing myth is that the broad tossers used a queen as the winning card, and would say \”Find the Lady.\” Pages: 30 – Saddle Stitched