falsecard

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English

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Etymology

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From false +‎ card.

Noun

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falsecard (plural falsecards)

  1. (bridge) A card played in order to deceive an opponent as to one's true holding

Verb

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falsecard (third-person singular simple present falsecards, present participle falsecarding, simple past and past participle falsecarded)

  1. (bridge) To play a falsecard
    • 2008 March 31, Phillip Alder, “In Amsterdam, Overtime on the Way to a Title”, in New York Times[1]:
      East returned the diamond eight, the higher of his two remaining cards, on which declarer falsecarded with his ten.