to play one's trump card
41Jabberwocky (card game) — Jabberwocky is a card game of the trick taking variety, played by 3 to 5 players with a standard deck of cards and pencil and paper for scoring.Its object is to bet the number of tricks one is estimating to make and to fulfill this bet (which… …
42Speculation (card game) — Speculation is a simple gambling card game that was popular in the late 18th century and early 19th century.RulesObjectTo hold the highest trump card when all cards in play have been revealed.et upThe dealer antes six. The other players each ante …
43304 (Card Game) — 304 (pronounced three nought four) is a card game popular in Sri Lanka and Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra in the Indian sub continent. The game is played by two teams of two using a subset (7 through Ace of all suits) of the 52 standard Playing cards …
44Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game sets — See also Yu Gi Oh! Trading Card Game A number of booster packs have been released for the Yu Gi Oh! Trading Card Game. Every booster pack up to Ancient Sanctuary contained around 110 cards (some have more, some have less), but they are typically… …
45playing card — noun one of a pack of cards that are used to play card games • Hypernyms: ↑card • Hyponyms: ↑crib, ↑ace, ↑club, ↑deuce, ↑two, ↑diamond, ↑draw, ↑ …
46Race card — Playing the race card is an idiomatic phrase that refers to the act of bringing the issue of race or racism into a debate, perhaps to obfuscate the matter. It is a metaphorical reference to card games in which a trump card may be used to gain an… …
47Beer card — The beer card or the 7 of diamonds is a card in the card game of bridge which is given a special importance in popular bridge sub culture. The beer card rule is not an official part of the rules of bridge but it is played commonly in universities …
48o|ver|trump — «OH vuhr TRUHMP», intransitive verb. to play a higher trump than one played earlier in a card game: »East did not overtrump on the third spade (New York Times). –v.t. to play a higher trump than: »to overtrump a trump. Figurative. There is… …
49un|der|trump — «UHN duhr TRUHMP», in card games: –v.t. to play a trump to (a trick in which the lead is not trumps), lower than a trump already played by (another player). –v.i. to play a lower trump than one already played to a trick …
50Engaged (play) — Engaged is a three act farcical comedy by W. S. Gilbert. It premiered at the Haymarket Theatre on October 3 1877, the same year as The Sorcerer , one of Gilbert s comic operas written with Arthur Sullivan, which was soon followed by the… …
