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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Games A card in the trump suit, held in reserve for winning a trick.
- noun A key resource to be used at an opportune moment; a trump.
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- noun A
playing card , of the trumpsuite that is held inreserve until needed towin atrick - noun Something used to obtain an
advantage , sometimesunscrupulously
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a playing card in the suit that has been declared trumps
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