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falsecard

noun

Etymology

From false + card.

  1. derived from *(s)ker-✻
  2. derived from carō
  3. derived from *carito✻
  4. derived from carda
  5. derived from carde
  6. inherited from carde
  7. compounded as falsecard — “false + card”

Definitions

  1. A card played in order to deceive an opponent as to one's true holding

  2. To play a falsecard

    • East returned the diamond eight, the higher of his two remaining cards, on which declarer falsecarded with his ten.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

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