yarborough

A bridge or whist hand containing no honor cards.

In whist or bridge, a hand which contains no card above a nine: so called because a former Earl of Yarborough made a practice of betting 1,000 to 1 against any player’s holding such a hand. The true odds against it are 1,827 to 1.

A hand, in bridge or whist, that has no card with a value greater than nine