Singleton

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Singleton \Sin"gle*ton\, n.
     In certain games at cards, as whist, a single card of any
     suit held at the deal by a player; as, to lead a singleton.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  singleton
       n 1: a single object (as distinguished from a pair)
       2: a set containing a single member
       3: the playing card that is the only card in a suit held in a
          bridge hand as initially dealt

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  45 Moby Thesaurus words for "singleton":
     ace, article, best bower, bower, cards, clubs, deck, deuce,
     diamonds, dummy, entity, face cards, flush, full house, hand,
     hearts, individual, integer, item, jack, joker, king, knave,
     left bower, module, pack, pair, person, persona, picture cards,
     playing cards, point, queen, round, royal flush, rubber, ruff,
     single, soul, spades, straight, trey, trick, trump, unit
  
  

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:

  Singleton, TX
    Zip code(s): 77831