trick
noun
a crafty or underhanded device, maneuver, stratagem, or the like, intended to deceive or cheat; artifice; ruse; wile.
trickless
-
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
No distinction was drawn between a hand which might be trickless as an aid to, or defense against, a No-trump declaration, and one which would produce seven or eight tricks under such circumstances.
From Auction of To-day by Milton C. Work
This generally emanates from a Third Hand who has a five- or six-card suit in a trickless hand.
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
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
