trump hand
Example Sentences
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Whenever you can ruff a loser in the shorter trump hand, it is likely to be the right play.
From New York Times • Mar. 11, 2015
If you can ruff a loser in the shorter trump hand, it is usually the right play — but not when you can take ten tricks just by drawing trumps.
From New York Times • Sep. 28, 2014
However, it was hard for West, who could be confident that South had at most one heart, to realize that he had to stop a ruff in the shorter trump hand.
From New York Times • Dec. 15, 2013
A ruff in the shorter trump hand both eliminates a loser and gains an extra trump winner.
From New York Times • Jan. 26, 2012
After the fight, after he had won, then once more would he be the old Dave Carrigan, holding the trump hand in a thrilling game.
From The Flaming Forest by Curwood, James Oliver
