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tripleton

tripleton noun: three cards of the same suit, held in a dealt hand.

Noun

tripleton (plural tripletons)

  1. Three cards of the same suit, held in a dealt hand
    • It means that you lead low from a doubleton and the middle card from a tripleton.2007 August 9, Phillip Alder, “For a Young Polish Player, One Trip Yields Two Gold Medals”, in New York Times

Forms of tripleton

pluraltripletons

Origin of tripleton

From triple + -ton.

Questions about tripleton

What does tripleton mean?
Tripleton means three cards of the same suit, held in a dealt hand.
What part of speech is tripleton?
Tripleton is a noun.
What is the plural of tripleton?
The plural of tripleton is tripletons.

Words near tripleton in the dictionary

  1. tripletail
  2. tripletail wrasse
  3. tripletail wrasses
  4. tripletails
  5. triplethink
  6. tripleton
  7. tripletons
  8. triplets
  9. Triplett
  10. Tripletts
  11. triplety

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