Trumps
[trʌmps]
Examples
- Clubs, not spades, are trumps, said Lawrence. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- It seemed to him that in the deadly silent game between them the trumps were still in his hands; and he waited. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- And the names that be upon their tombs, even unto this time, are Johannes Smithianus, Trumps, Gift, High, and Low, Jack, and The Game. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- If she had the ace of trumps in her hand at whist, she wouldn't say anything, child. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
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