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long card

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noun

Chiefly Bridge.
  1. a card remaining in a hand after all the opponents' cards in that particular suit have been drawn.


Etymology

Origin of long card

First recorded in 1860–65

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In that game, a player scratches two winning numbers at the top of an 8-inch long card, Hamlin said.

From Reuters Jan. 6, 2015

South returned a heart, ducked to North's queen, and North cleared the heart suit leaving herself with the long card.

From The Guardian Feb. 24, 2011

There are fewer than 1,000 players seated at the long card tables lined up diagonally across the concrete floor.

From Time Magazine Archive

Cut the cards several times, so that a long card be always at bottom.

From Endless Amusement A Collection of Nearly 400 Entertaining Experiments by Unknown

Offer the long card to a person, that he may draw it, and replace it in any part of the pack he pleases.

From Endless Amusement A Collection of Nearly 400 Entertaining Experiments by Unknown

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