Yarborough Definition

yärbûrō, -bər-ə
noun
A bridge or whist hand containing no ace or other card higher than a nine.
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Origin of Yarborough

  • After Charles Anderson Worsley, Second Earl of Yarborough (1809–1897), said to have bet 1,000 to 1 that such a hand would not occur

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • After the second Earl of Yarborough (b. 1809), who supposedly bet 1,000 to 1 that such a hand would not occur.

    From Wiktionary

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