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yarborough

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yar·bor·ough  (yärbûr, -br, -br-)
n. Games
A bridge or whist hand containing no honor cards.
[After Charles Anderson Worsley, Second Earl of Yarborough (1809-1897), said to have bet 1,000 to 1 that such a hand would not occur.]
yarborough [ˈjɑːbərə -brə]
n
(Group Games / Bridge) (Group Games / Card Games) Bridge whist a hand of 13 cards in which no card is higher than nine
[supposed to be named after the second Earl of Yarborough (1809-62), who is said to have bet a thousand to one against the occurrence of such a hand]
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