YARBOROUGH


Meaning of YARBOROUGH in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈyär-ˌbər-ə, -ˌbə-rə, -b(ə-)rə ]

noun

Etymology: Charles Anderson Worsley, 2d Earl of Yarborough died 1897 English nobleman said to have bet a thousand to one against the dealing of such a hand

Date: 1900

: a hand in bridge or whist containing no ace and no card higher than a nine

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