elder hand
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of elder hand
First recorded in 1580–90
Example Sentences
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The elder hand states how many he has.
From Hoyle's Games Modernized by Louis Hoffmann
The elder hand may either play his own hand, pass, or take the widow.
From Hoyle's Games Modernized by Louis Hoffmann
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.
From A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, Vol. I. by Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener
Led by your little elder hand, I learn'd to walk alone; Careful you us'd to be of me, My little brother John.
From The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 3 Books for Children by Mary Lamb
To all other players, beginning with the elder hand, the dealer is bound to offer cards.
From Hoyle's Games Modernized by Louis Hoffmann
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