YARBOROUGH


Meaning of YARBOROUGH in English

ˈyär(ˌ)bərə, -_brə noun

( -s )

Usage: usually capitalized

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

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

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