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trump 1  (trmp)
n.
1. Games
a. A suit in card games that outranks all other suits for the duration of a hand. Often used in the plural.
b. A card of such a suit.
c. A trump card.
2. A key resource to be used at an opportune moment.
3. Informal A reliable or admirable person.
v. trumped, trump·ing, trumps
v.tr.
1. Games To take (a card or trick) with a trump.
2. To get the better of (an adversary or competitor, for example) by using a crucial, often hidden resource.
v.intr. Games
To play a trump.
Phrasal Verb:
trump up
To devise fraudulently: trumped up a charge of conspiracy.
[Alteration of triumph.]
trump 2  (trmp)
n.
A trumpet.
[Middle English trompe, from Old French; see trumpet.]
trumps
Noun, pl
1. Cards any one of the four suits that outranks all the other suits for the duration of a deal or game
2. turn up trumps (of a person) to bring about a happy or successful conclusion, esp. unexpectedly


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It was a fine gam we had, and they were all trumps --every soul on board.
Moby Dick LXVIII-CXXXIV by Melville, Herman View in context
"All included," calmly retorted Fogg; adding, as he threw down the cards, "Two trumps.
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Vanity occasionally leads a man to display wealth, but sooner or later the Emperor trumps up a charge against him--any sort of one will do--and confiscates his property.
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