Cards. [Said to be so called because a certain Earl of Yarborough used to bet 1,000 to 1 against the occurrence of such a hand.] In whist and bridge, a hand which contains no card above a nine.
1900. J. Doe, Bridge Man., 35. If he has a Yarborough, you will lose the game.
1910. Blackw. Mag., Dec., 809/2. I have held yarboroughs and been doubled and roughed all the evening.
