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Definition of Eldest hand
1. Noun. The card player on the dealer's left.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Eldest Hand
Literary usage of Eldest hand
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"The eldest hand has the next deal. If a plaver has a very strong hand he mav play
... The eldest hand, and next to him the dealer, may play alone on weaker ..."
2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"The eldest hand has the next deal. If a player has а тегу strong hand he may ...
At four-handed euchre, the eldest hand should be тегу «trong to order it up ..."
3. The American Hoyle: Or, Gentleman's Hand-book of Games, Containing All the by William Brisbane Dick (1894)
"The second hand, whose turn it now is to declare, may accept a Proposal if one
has been made, may propose if the eldest hand has passed, or may make any ..."
4. Sporting Magazine edited by [Anonymus AC02751662] (1800)
"The eldest hand, (or person to the left of the dealer, ... When (be eldest hand
has said Pass, the second may proceed as the eldest ; лг if Ihe eldest has ..."
5. Foster's Complete Hoyle: An Encyclopedia of All the Indoor Games Played at by Robert Frederick Foster (1897)
"There are exceptional cases in which the eldest hand may order up with little or
nothing. One of the most common is when the adversaries of the dealer are ..."
6. The Hand-book of Games--: comprising new or carefully revised treatises on by H.G. Bohn (1867)
"When the eldest hand thinks he can get 5 or more tricks, he is to say 'Botton;'
... When the eldest hand has 'Passed' the second may proceed as the eldest; ..."
7. A Dictionary of Sports: Or, Companion to the Field, the Forest, and the by Harry Harewood (1835)
"If the eldest hand have too few cards dealt to him, he may make up the ...
This applies only to the eldest hand ; the opponent must always declare the king ..."
8. The Young Folk's Cyclopædia of Games and Sports by John Denison Champlin, Arthur Elmore Bostwick (1890)
"When the drawing is finished, the eldest hand may either say, " I stay out," in
which case he takes no further part in the hand, or he may place any number ..."