Word: trumped
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Harvard, or any other college, had a man in whom more confidence could be placed, and who is more thoroughly earnest, fair, and high-minded in all his work, than Capt. Cabot. Yet the New York Sun, in spite of its reputation for clean journalism, has seen fit to trump up scurrilous charges which it can not possibly verify...
...trump may be turned for each hand, or the same trump may be used throughout the entire match, at the option of the players; the latter method to prevail in case of a division of opinion...
...trump may be turned for each hand, or the same trump may be used throughout the entire match, at the option of the players; the latter method to be used in case of a division of opinion...
...soon as each hand is played, each player shuffles his hand and places it on the table or floor at his right, keeping hands in regular order. The trump card is turned on top of the dealer's hand...
SECOND ROUND.V. A. cut decides whether the cards in the second round are to be passed to the right or to the left. The trump card sufficiently indicates the lead. The score sheet is turned down so that the number of tricks won by A and B on each hand is invisible before and during the play. At the end of each hand, however, the number of tricks won by C and D is entered, and compared with the number won by A and B. on the first round...