Yarborough Hear it!

Yarborough definition

Yar·bor·ough (yär′bʉr′ō, -bər ə)

noun

a bridge or whist hand containing no card higher than a nine

Etymology: said to be so named after an Earl of Yarborough, who would bet 1,000 to 1 against its occurring

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