to play a misleading card, esp a high loser, in order to deceive an opponent
false card in American English
noun
chiefly Bridge
a card played to give an opponent a mistaken idea of the quality or length of one's holding in the suit led
Word origin
[1875–80]This word is first recorded in the period 1875–80. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: cross-fertilization, musical chairs, neoclassic, slime mold, weekender