Trumps (Grose 1811 Dictionary)

Trumps

To be put to one’s trumps: to be in difficulties, or put to one’s shifts. Something may turn up trumps; something lucky may happen. All his cards are trumps: he is extremely fortunate.

Definition taken from The 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, originally by Francis Grose.

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