Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A pair of cards that are the only ones of their suit in a hand dealt to a player.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In whist and bridge, a two-card suit.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun mathematics, rare A
set containing preciselytwo elements . - noun bridge A
pair of cards of the same suit, which are the only cards of that suit in a player's hand
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun (bridge) a pair of playing cards that are the only cards in their suit in the hand dealt to a player
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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If declarer believed that Sementa had chosen the unorthodox lead of a low card from a doubleton, he could now have made the contract easily because he had a tenace in diamonds – the eight would force West to cover with the nine, and declarer's six would beat West's three.
Two unorthodox leads 2011
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Joe Grue successfully ran the jack of hearts, crossed to the ace of hearts, and led the king of spades in the hope of felling a doubleton jack in the South hand.
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That might be a singleton or it might be from queen-10 doubleton.
Fourth time lucky 2011
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The appearance of East's doubleton queen was a welcome sight, and all that remained was to resolve the position of the queen of clubs.
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When instead he felled North's doubleton ace, he could not establish the spade suit and eventually finished two down.
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"By taking the ace and 'cashing' the king, she was showing a doubleton."
Bridge 2010
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If the hearts had split 3-3 (or if a defender had held K-Q doubleton), South could have drawn trumps and led to the king of diamonds to take the good hearts.
Bridge 2010
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There were two ways in which this might be achieved: South might have a doubleton, or he might have the singleton king.
Tight finish in the English Premier League Zia Mahmood 2010
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In case East has a doubleton honor or two honors, Cy should play dummy's ace at Trick One.
Bridge 2010
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West signaled with the ten to show a doubleton, and East let dummy's king and queen win.
Bridge 2010
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