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DOUBLETON
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Dictionary entry overview: What does doubleton mean?
• DOUBLETON (noun)
The noun DOUBLETON has 1 sense:
1. (bridge) a pair of playing cards that are the only cards in their suit in the hand dealt to a player
Familiarity information: DOUBLETON used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
(bridge) a pair of playing cards that are the only cards in their suit in the hand dealt to a player
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Hypernyms ("doubleton" is a kind of...):
brace; couple; couplet; distich; duad; duet; duo; dyad; pair; span; twain; twosome; yoke (two items of the same kind)
Domain category:
bridge (any of various card games based on whist for four players)
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