a hand of 13 cards in which no card is higher than nine
Word origin
C19: 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 sucha hand
Yarborough in American English
(ˈjɑrˌbɜroʊ; ˈjɑrbərə)
noun
a bridge or whist hand containing no card higher than a nine
Word origin
said to be so named after an Earl of Yarborough, who would bet 1,000 to 1 against its occurring