name
Meaning 1
A surname.
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Standard Lemma guide
yarborough
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noun
Meaning 2
A hand, in bridge or whist, that has no card with a value greater than nine (and no aces), though in some circles it is no card above a ten.
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Topics: card-games, games
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noun
Meaning 3
A hand that contains no honors (alternative letter-case form of yarborough).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: bridge, games
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History
Etymology
After the second Earl of Yarborough (b. 1809), who supposedly bet 1,000 to 1 that such a hand would not occur.