| 单词 | court card |
| 例句 | There was one other student but I quickly ascertained that he was only at the meeting to get his court card signed. I was a sober college student 2012-09-23T16:01:00Z Each suit would have had 13 cards, including three all-male court cards: the King, the Lieutenant, and the Second Lieutenant. The original Pokémon? A visual (ancient) history of trading cards 2023-11-03T04:00:00Z Z, having no court card in the three remaining suits, fears to lead any one of these. Hoyle's Games Modernized 2012-04-15T02:00:05.927Z When no player holds a br�lan the hand holding the greatest number of pips wins, ace counting 11, and court cards 10. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 3 "Borgia, Lucrezia" to "Bradford, John" In the old way of playing the ace counted 1, the deuce 2, and so on as at whist, excepting that all court cards counted 10. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 4 "Carnegie Andrew" to "Casus Belli" The court cards of French packs received fanciful names, which varied from time to time. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 3 "Capefigue" to "Carneades" You first premise that the ace counts for eleven; the court cards ten each; and the others according to the number of their pips. Endless Amusement A Collection of Nearly 400 Entertaining Experiments Play with no trump if three queens are held, or four court cards. Hoyle's Games Modernized 2012-04-15T02:00:05.927Z The Blaze is an additional hand which consists of five court cards. Round Games with Cards A Practical Treatise on All the Most Popular Games, with Their Different Variations, and Hints for Their Practice I guess there are enough court cards in the Boundary pack to beat that combination. Jack O' Judgment The court cards of the early packs were king, chevalier and knave. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 3 "Capefigue" to "Carneades" When he tells you he has determined on one, shuffle the cards, and, turning them up one by one, when you come to the court card tell him that is the one. Endless Amusement A Collection of Nearly 400 Entertaining Experiments Remember that an average hand contains four court cards, of honours, one in each suit. Hoyle's Games Modernized 2012-04-15T02:00:05.927Z The game is to get as near nine as possible, ten, and court cards, not counting at all. The Mark Of Cain Court cards are excluded from the combinations, which must be made with the pips of minor cards, the court cards crowning each packet. Lady Cadogan's Illustrated Games of Solitaire or Patience New Revised Edition, including American Games It crossed her mind how Emile had once likened a certain group of the conspirators to a pack of court cards, saying that they were alternately red and black. The Hippodrome Each court card in this amusement counts for ten, and the other cards according to the number of their pips. Endless Amusement A Collection of Nearly 400 Entertaining Experiments If these four court cards be four knaves, the hand is below the average; if four kings, or two kings, two queens, and a knave, it is about the average. Hoyle's Games Modernized 2012-04-15T02:00:05.927Z You have given me a hand of nought but court cards,—queens and knaves and—— NILS STENSSON. Henrik Ibsen's Prose Dramas Vol III Lady Inger of Ostrat The figures of the court cards, and the number of points of the minor ones. Lady Cadogan's Illustrated Games of Solitaire or Patience New Revised Edition, including American Games Take an ordinary pack of cards and throw out the twelve court cards. Amusements in Mathematics Spread part of the pack before a person, in such way that only one court card is visible; and so arrange it, that it shall appear the most prominent and striking card. Endless Amusement A Collection of Nearly 400 Entertaining Experiments Two court cards usually form a good "assisting" hand, but where the game is very close it is advisable to assist, even upon a lighter hand. Hoyle's Games Modernized 2012-04-15T02:00:05.927Z Then, to Portlaw's astonishment, he began to take aces and court cards from any part of the pack at his pleasure; any card that Portlaw called for was produced unerringly. The Firing Line If the game succeeds, the final tableau will show the cross of aces in the centre, surrounded by a circle of twenty-four court cards. Lady Cadogan's Illustrated Games of Solitaire or Patience New Revised Edition, including American Games Should no player have either a court card or a ten, the player next to the dealer scores the point for the game. My Book of Indoor Games You desire him to think on one; and observe if he fix his eye on the court card. Endless Amusement A Collection of Nearly 400 Entertaining Experiments You may give him a very fair idea of the numerical strength or of the actual strength in high or court cards. Hoyle's Games Modernized 2012-04-15T02:00:05.927Z I say, how soon at the appearance of these grand court cards, did those poor little neglected deuces sink down to the bottom of the pack. Vanity Fair They must in that case remain in their places until a court card appears on the cushion. Lady Cadogan's Illustrated Games of Solitaire or Patience New Revised Edition, including American Games If, however, in playing for a court card, one of the players puts down another court card, then his neighbor must pay him, and he takes the whole pack instead of the previous player. My Book of Indoor Games The chance is equal, in dealing cards, that every hand will have seven trumps in two deals, or seven trumps between two partners, and also four court cards in every deal. The Gaming Table: Its Votaries and Victims Volume II (of II) In drawing to a pair, if one of the indifferent cards should be an ace or court card, this card should be retained, and only the other two exchanged. Hoyle's Games Modernized 2012-04-15T02:00:05.927Z It was not difficult to play the game with such court cards in one's hand. Tracks of a Rolling Stone In spite of his struggles and curses, and the efforts of his friends to rescue him, he too was thrown down and eight court cards were found concealed in his sleeve. Colonel Thorndyke's Secret The one who played the court card also takes all the cards that have been played, and puts them under his own pack. My Book of Indoor Games In the first part of the trick it must be understood that the court cards count as ten, all others according to the pips. The Gaming Table: Its Votaries and Victims Volume II (of II) He held up some of the court cards. The Duke of Stockbridge Aces count either eleven or one; court cards, ten; the rest according to their points. Enquire Within Upon Everything The Great Victorian Domestic Standby No face but his own: a saying of one who has no money in his pocket or no court cards in his hand. 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue The court cards smile through a fog of dirt; and to deal, one has to wet one's thumb copiously, because a thick, tenacious grease makes the cards stick together in an evil-smelling mass. The New Book of Martyrs All the court cards count as 10 pips; consequently, only two cards will be placed on such to make up 12. The Gaming Table: Its Votaries and Victims Volume II (of II) Blackened court cards laid along her thigh by sevens. Ulysses |
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