Sentence example with the word 'chicane'

chicane

artifice, befool, chicanery, double-dealing, flimflam, fraud, gambit, hanky-panky, hoodwink, ploy, sharp practice, surreptitiousness, trickery, victimize

Definition n. a bridge hand that is void of trumps

Last update: September 15, 2015


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Pope was never tired of girding at "Morality by her false guardians drawn, Chicane in furs, and casuistry in lawn"; while Fielding has embodied the popular conception of a casuist in Parson Thwackum and Philosopher Square, both of whom only take to argument when they want to reason themselves out of some obvious duty.   [Please select]

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Their procedure, like that of the seigneurial courts, was simple, free from chicane, and inexpensive.   [Please select]

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Chicane (one hand void of trumps) is equal in value to simple honors, _i.   [Please select]

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The value of honors, slam, little slam or chicane, is not affected by doubling or redoubling.   [Please select]

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A revoking side cannot score, except for honors or chicane.   [Please select]

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Should both sides revoke, the only score permitted shall be for honors in trumps or chicane.   [Please select]

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Under these conditions, can either side score "except for honors or chicane."   [Please select]

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DECISION Law 84 provides that "a revoking side cannot score, except for honors or chicane."   [Please select]

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A game consists of thirty points obtained by tricks alone, exclusive of any points counted for honors, chicane, slam, little slam, bonus or undertricks.   [Please select]

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_, if the partners, one of whom has chicane, score honors, it adds the value of three honors to their honor score; if the adversaries score honors it deducts that value from theirs.   [Please select]

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