high-card

See also: high card

English

Adjective

high-card (not comparable)

1. (card games) Of or related to a high suit card.
   • 2013, F. Courtenay, The Losing Trick Count - A Book of Bridge Technique‎^[1]:

     Now that the fallacy of basing bids on high-card values only has been realized, experts are modifying their systems of valuation more and more, so as to count actual tricks and not merely high-card tricks (Quick Tricks or Honour Tricks).