亚洲网紅露点

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false card

1

noun

Chiefly Bridge.
  1. a card played to give an opponent a mistaken idea of the quality or length of one's holding in the suit led.


false-card

2

[ fawls-kahrd ]

verb (used without object)

Chiefly Bridge.
  1. to play a false card.

false-card

verb

  1. intr bridge to play a misleading card, esp a high loser, in order to deceive an opponent
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of false card1

First recorded in 1875鈥80
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Example Sentences

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Authorities cancelled the false card at that time.

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The cases in which false cards can be played with advantage are rare, but sometimes, especially in trumps, success may follow the play of a false card.

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It was his indignant repudiation of the charge that had misled me; but Casey鈥檚 constant and earnest asseveration鈥攏ow strengthened by the after circumstances of the false card, and the failure to make an appearance鈥攕atisfied me that we had been in the company of a sharper.

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鈥淥h, Jane鈥擩ane, darling! please鈥攑lease stop, only a minute,鈥 he whined, for he knew that he had played a false card, and that it was time to withdraw it.

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She professed her delight at the unexpected pleasure and then boldly played a false card.

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