false card

false card
Chiefly Bridge.
a card played to give an opponent a mistaken idea of the quality or length of one's holding in the suit led.
[1875-80]

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false card noun
A card played to deceive
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false card,
a card played to mislead the opponents, especially as to the player's holding in a suit.
false-card «FLS KAHRD», intransitive verb.
to play a false card.

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1.
Bridge n. a card played in order to give one's opponents a misleading impression of one's strength in the suit led
2.
v. (false-card) [trans.] play (a card) in such a way

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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