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thirteener|θɜːˈtiːnə(r)|
[f. prec. n. + -er1.]
1. A silver shilling; = thirteen B. 2. thirteener and a baubee: see prec. A. 4 b.
1762Naval Chron. XXIV. 369 Cheat the sheriff out of his thirteener and a baubee! 1811Henry & Isabella I. 289, I have scraped together a few thirteeners honestly, for my old age. 1836T. Hook G. Gurney ii, Says the padré, ‘tip us the thirteeners, and you are as clean as a whistle for the next twelve months’.
2. a. Cricket. A hit for thirteen runs. b. See quot. 1891: esp. in the game of bridge.
1893Black & White 29 July 139/2 Of cricket there are anecdotes galore; how a ‘thirteener’ was once run out on the Marlborough ground. 1900Westm. Gaz. 5 July 3/2 But F. P. Miller once hit a ‘thirteener’ at single wicket, which is considered a record. 1891Cent. Dict., Thirteener,..the thirteenth one of any number of things; specifically, in whist, the last card of a suit left in the hands of a player after the other twelve have been played. 1914M. C. Work Auction Developments 611 Thirteener, the last card of any suit. 1964Frey & Truscott Official Encycl. Bridge 614/2 Thirteener, the card remaining in a suit when all other cards in that suit have been played on the first three tricks of the suit. |