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simple honors

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plural noun

Auction Bridge.

  1. three honors in the trump suit, or three aces in no-trump, held by a partnership.

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On this condition he was buried with simple honors.

From Autobiography of Andrew Dickson White — Volume 2 by White, Andrew Dickson

And don't let any one tell you this question of "Reals" and "Pures" isn't important, for it is, surely as much so as "hazards" and "simple honors" which the grownups are forever discussing.

From Half-Past Seven Stories by Anderson, Robert Gordon

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