elder hand

American  

noun

1. eldest hand.

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Etymology

Origin of elder hand

First recorded in 1580–90

Example Sentences

Each player who follows the elder hand must head the trick if he can, or be looed.

From Enquire Within Upon Everything The Great Victorian Domestic Standby by Anonymous

First Play.—The elder hand, the player on the left of the dealer, plays first.

From Enquire Within Upon Everything The Great Victorian Domestic Standby by Anonymous

Five cards of a suit, or four with pam, make a flush which sweeps the board, and yields only to a superior flush, or the elder hand.

From Enquire Within Upon Everything The Great Victorian Domestic Standby by Anonymous

Can the elder hand beg more than once?

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 24 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis

The items in the elder hand thus being counted, the holder lays down one card, thus beginning the "play."

From Hoyle's Games Modernized by Hoffmann, Louis