false card

false card

noun 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.

Origin:
1875–80

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False card is always a great word to know.
So is doohickey. Does it mean:
a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.
a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.
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false-card

[fawls-kahrd]
verb (used without object) Chiefly Bridge.
to play a false card.
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