elder hand
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of elder hand
First recorded in 1580–90
Example Sentences
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The dealer then asks each player, beginning with the elder hand, whether he will play or "take miss."
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This process of destruction, however, was seldom so fully carried out, but that the strokes of the elder hand might still be traced, more or less completely, under the more modern writing.
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In the case of equality the elder hand wins, but the ace of diamonds is always a winning card.
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Can the elder hand beg more than once?
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The task of introducing a dissimilar writer to a new public has its own peculiar difficulties for the elder hand.
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