quick trick

American  

noun

Bridge.

1. a card, or group of cards, that will probably win the first or second trick in a suit, regardless of who plays it or at what declaration.

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quick trick British  

noun

1. bridge a high card almost certain to win a trick, usually an ace or a king: the unit in one of the systems of hand valuation

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Etymology

Origin of quick trick

First recorded in 1925–30

Example Sentences

There’s a quick trick I use to weed out suspicious examples.

From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 5, 2018

There’s no real quick trick or short cut behind booking inexpensive flights.

From Forbes • Dec. 4, 2014

I caught her with that quick trick known to all acrobats, which left her standing on my knee.

From The Maids of Paradise by Chambers, Robert W. (Robert William)

This is a quick trick by our own people for our own safety.

From Operation Terror by Leinster, Murray