Yarborough
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Card games: A Bridge or Whist hand of 13 cards that contains no honor, any card higher in rank than a nine.
Named after [the Earl] of Yarborough, an [18th-century] English nobleman, who, tired of hearing his colleagues complain of holding worthless cards, laid 1000-1 odds against holding such a [bad hand]. He did well, since the true odds are closer to 2000-1. -
(in bridge or whist) a hand with no card above a nine.
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