Where did the term, "dead man's hand" originate from?

A two-pair poker hand, namely "aces and eights.

This card combination gets its name from a legend that it was the five-card-draw hand held by Wild Bill when he was murdered on August 2, 1876, in Saloon No. 10 at Deadwood, South Dakota.

Aces and eights is the original dead man's hand.

The term originated from the pulling the brake of a train system. The system is such that when the driver is not active or in case is dead the train will automatically stop.

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