trick
noun
a crafty or underhanded device, maneuver, stratagem, or the like, intended to deceive or cheat; artifice; ruse; wile.
trickless
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a word derived from
trick.
Example Sentences
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Increasingly in the '80s, Halloween has become an escapist extravaganza for adults, a trickless treat that more closely resembles Mardi Gras than the candy-and-apple surfeits of yesteryear.
From Time Magazine Archive
On this basis of reasoning some believe in calling three Clubs whenever an otherwise trickless Third Hand contains five or more Clubs headed by Ace, King, Queen.
From Auction of To-day by Milton C. Work
A player should be most careful not to indicate by some mannerism that his hand is trickless.
From Auction of To-day by Milton C. Work
This does not, however, signify that he has a trickless hand, and the Fourth Hand may even yet count upon him for some support.
From Auction of To-day by Milton C. Work
In this case, even if his hand be trickless, he must bid one Royal, as his partner's three Spades might otherwise be left in by the Fourth Hand.
From Auction of To-day by Milton C. Work
