trump card

PRONUNCIATION: (trump kard)
MEANING:
noun: 1. In card games, a suit chosen to rank above the others.
2. Something that gives an overriding, decisive advantage.

ETYMOLOGY:
An alteration of the word triumph, which was the name of an old card game. Earliest documented use: 1823.
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RUMP CARD - the card in the hole when playing Five Card Stud. An alteration of the alteration of the word "triumph".


A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
The mind is the effect, not the cause. -Daniel C. Dennett, philosopher (b. 1942)

ANOTHER THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
The gun is the effect, not the cause. - J.J. sophist (b.19 something)