YARBOROUGH


Meaning of YARBOROUGH in English

[ 'jα:b(ə)rə ]

■ noun (in bridge or whist) a hand with no card above a nine.

Origin

early 20th cent.: said to be named after an Earl of Yarborough who bet 1,000 to 1 against its occurrence.

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