doubletonn.
/ˈdʌb(ə)ltən/ Cards.
In Whist and Bridge: two cards only of one suit, in a player's hand. Also, one card of a doubleton.
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cater-trey?a1500
mournival1530
sequence1575
pair royal1608
septieme1651
tierce1659
pair1674
purtaunte1688
quart major1718
matrimonya1743
queen-suit1744
quart1746
prial1776
flux1798
fredon1798
tricon1798
intrigue1830
straight1841
marriage1861
under-sequence1863
straight five1864
double pair-royal?1870
run?1870
short suit1876
four1883
fourchette1885
meld1887
doubleton1906
canasta1948
1906 Westm. Gaz. 11 Aug. 14/1 B's ten of hearts is nearly sure to be a lead from the best of three—it cannot be a singleton... Similarly, if it is a doubleton [etc.].
1922 Evening News 10 Apr. 8/6 Do not lead from a doubleton (a suit of two cards only) about which you have no information.
1927 Observer 20 Mar. 25 When he holds a singleton or weak doubleton of a suit.
1944 Times 17 May 6/3 Provision was made for revaluation after the first round of bidding to count three points for a void, two for a singleton, and one for a doubleton.
1960 T. Reese Play Bridge with Reese xxxiv. 118 Could the Queen of diamonds be doubleton?
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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