(a) a machine used to break down rocks; (b) figurative (Bridge) a very strong hand.

Cards, esp. Bridge. Now rare. With in, denoting a hand in which a player is dealt no cards of a specified suit.

In whist and bridge, a hand which contains no card above a nine.

Bridge. As the second element in compounds: a hand consisting only or predominantly of cards from the specified number of suits. Chiefly in two-suiter…

(a) Bridge (see quot. 1923); (b) originally U.S. a suitcase large enough to hold two suits and accessories.

Bridge. A hand that can manifestly win all of the remaining tricks. Cf. spread, v. 15.

a hand which proves to be decisive for a team in the overall result of a rubber or match.