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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A suit of superior scoring value, either spades or hearts in bridge.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Bridge) A suit of playing cards which has higher scoring value; specifically, either spades or hearts. Contrasted with a
minor suit , being either diamonds or clubs.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun bridge Either of the
suits ofspades (♠) andhearts (♥), which rank higher than theminor suits (diamonds and clubs).
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun (bridge) a suit of superior scoring value, either spades or hearts
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