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A card left in one's hand after all opponents are exhausted of that suit. [75] Similarly, long cards are the dregs of a suit which has been led several times and exhausted in the hands of other players. [69] long suit. A suit containing more than four cards e.g. at Whist [69] The suit with the most cards in a player's hand. [75]
The Muslims renamed the suit of myriads as cups; this may have been due to seeing a Chinese character for "myriad" upside-down. The Chinese numeral character for Ten on the Tens of Myriads suit may have inspired the Muslim suit of swords. [3] Another clue linking these Chinese, Muslim, and European cards are the ranking of certain suits.
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Taking this one stage further, the clue word can hint at the word or words to be abbreviated rather than giving the word itself. For example: "About" for C or CA (for "circa"), or RE. "Say" for EG, used to mean "for example". More obscure clue words of this variety include: "Model" for T, referring to the Model T.
The French suit insignia was derived from German suits around 1480. Between the transition from the suit of bells to tiles there was a suit of crescents. [1] One of the most distinguishing features of the French cards is the queen. Mamluk cards and their derivatives, the Latin-suited and German-suited cards, all have three male face cards.
a suit bid by declarer's partner; Against a suit contract: a short suit lead may be good, but only when it is likely that partner will be able to obtain the lead and return the suit. but leading a suit containing an ace may be bad; Against NT contracts leading a long suit may be good; leading a suit in which partner could have length may be good
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An American-style 15×15 crossword grid layout. A crossword (or crossword puzzle) is a word game consisting of a grid of black and white squares, into which solvers enter words or phrases ("entries") crossing each other horizontally ("across") and vertically ("down") according to a set of clues. Each white square is typically filled with one ...