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rule of eleven

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noun

Bridge, Whist.

  1. the rule that when a player leads their fourth-highest card in any suit, its numerical value subtracted from eleven gives the number of higher cards of that suit held by the other players.

Etymology

Origin of rule of eleven

First recorded in 1810–20

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