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noun Bridge.

diamonds or clubs.

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Origin of minor suit

First recorded in 1925–30

Words nearby minor suit

minor scale, minor seminary, minor sentence, minor seventh chord, minor sublingual ducts, minor suit, minor tenace, minor term, minor tranquilizer, minor triad, Minos

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Many of those who have become cops in New York seem to have ceased to address such minor offenses over the past few days.
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A couple of people were treated for minor injuries but no major incidents occurred.
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San Francisco was the first city to pass one in 2006; since then, 14 other cities and three states have followed suit.
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The numbers reinforce another article in the Post, in which cops confessed to “turning a blind eye” to minor crimes.
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It starts off like any other Lana tune, replete with minor chords and humming, distorted vocals.
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Behold a dumpy, comfortable British paterfamilias in a light flannel suit and a faded sun hat.
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He is what the bill wishes to make for us, a regular root doctor, and will suit the place exactly.
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We had three long tables which Liszt arranged to suit himself, his own place being in the middle.
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Three days later he was in Switzerland, and a few days later again he was on the summit of a minor but still difficult peak.
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Not a dollar did he possess—not even did he have a suit of clothes any more, and wore every day his corduroys.
The Homesteader|Oscar Micheaux

British Dictionary definitions for minor suit

minor suit

noun

bridge diamonds or clubsCompare major suit

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