yarboroughn.
/ˈjɑːb(ə)rə/, U.S. /ˈjɑrb(ə)rə/ Cards.
In whist and bridge, a hand which contains no card above a nine.
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1900 ‘J. Doe’ Bridge Man. 35 If he has a Yarborough, you will lose the game.
1910 Blackwood's Mag. Dec. 809/2 I have held yarboroughs and been doubled and roughed all the evening.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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