Yarborough
noun
a hand in which no card is higher than a nine.
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yarboroughnounbridge whist a hand of 13 cards in which no card is higher than nine
Yarborough
American
[yahr-bur-oh, -buhr-oh, -ber-uh]
/ ˈjɑrˌbɜr oʊ, -ˌbʌr oʊ, -bər ə /
noun
Whist, Bridge.
yarborough
British
/ ˈjɑːbərə, -brə /
noun
Etymology
Origin of Yarborough
First recorded in 1895–1900; after the 2nd Earl of Yarborough (died 1897), said to have bet 1000 to 1 against its occurrence
Example Sentences
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Floridians for Conservative Values is also a PAC chaired by another top-level Florida politician, state Sen. Clay Yarborough.
From Slate ● Jul. 24, 2024
Yarborough, a Golden Gloves boxer who also earned a football scholarship to Clemson, crashed while racing with Donnie Allison on the final lap for the win.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 31, 2023
The Friday night before Yarborough was killed, she went to a high school basketball game with a friend.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 18, 2023
“The decision about when and if certain topics should be introduced to young children belongs to parents,” Yarborough said in the statement.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 5, 2023
That elderly personage, arrayed in ship habiliments, is the noble Commodore, Lord Yarborough; he is in conversation with the blithe and mustachioed Earl of Belfast.
From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 13, No. 374, June 6, 1829 by Various
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