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long card in American Englishnounchiefly Bridge a card remaining in a hand after all the opponents' cards in that particular suit have been drawn Examples of 'long card' in a sentencelong card If the suit splits 3-3, he is home with a long card.East beamed at him (figuratively) and quickly cashed his king, ace and long card.The 3-3 split gave them a long card and their doubled game.West started with four hearts (assuming he held the long card), three diamonds, and no clubs.Declarer needed a four-three diamond split to set up the long card, but would still be one trick short.East had to keep all three clubs, declarer could simply give up a club to set up a long card.Had both opponents followed, declarer could have ruffed a fourth round to set up a long card. |