What does yarborough mean?

yarborough in AZ Dictionary

(n) Games A bridge or whist hand containing no honor cards.
(n) A hand, in connection or whist, which has had no card with a value greater than nine
(n) In whist or connection, a hand which contains no card above a nine: so-called because an old Earl of Yarborough made a practice of gambling 1,000 to 1 against any player's keeping such a hand. The true odds against it are 1,827 to 1.

yarborough in Community Dictionary

games: A Bridge or Whist hand of 13 cards which contains no 'honor', any card greater in position than a nine.Named after the Earl of Yarborough, an 18th-century English nobleman, who, sick and tired of hearing their peers complain of holding pointless cards, laid 1000-1 odds against holding these types of a negative hand. He did well, since the true it’s likely that nearer to 2000-1. by EmanuelReport definition

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