Lexic.us

Definition of Long suit

1. Noun. In a hand, the suit having the most cards.

2. Noun. An asset of special worth or utility. "Cooking is his forte"

Lexicographical Neighbors of Long Suit

long s long saphenous nerve long saphenous vein long scale long screwdriver long shot long shots long sight long since long sleeve

long spine board long stop long stops long story short long subscapular nerve long suit (current term) long sweetening long sword long swords long tail

long tails long term long terminal repeat sequences long thoracic artery long thoracic nerve long thoracic vein long thousand long thousands long throw long time

Literary usage of Long suit

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Theory of the Modern Scientific Game of Whist by William Pole (1883)
"long suit Lead. We now go on to show the general application of the scientific theory to the play of suits not trumps, or, as they are called, plain suits. ..."

2. Longman's Magazine by Charles James Longman (1886)
"There is a certain point of strategy in another department of the American leads. Cavendish was once playing from a long suit headed by ace, ..."

3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"In a no-trump declaration the main object is to bring in a long suit. In selecting the suit to establish, the following are favourable conditions :—One hand ..."

4. The Laws and Principles of Whist Stated and Explained and Its Practice by Henry Jones, Cavendish (1872)
"When a player is left with long cards, or with the command, in consequence of having led from a long suit, he is said to have established his suit; ..."

5. Auction Methods Up-to-date by Milton Cooper Work (1920)
"... who may have bid with only four; in this case the fourth best should be led. OPENING A long suit When the leader is opening his own long ..."

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