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chicane

(/S//I/'k/eI/n )

a bridge hand that is void of trumps(noun.group)

source: wordnet30
a movable barrier used in motor racing; sometimes placed before a dangerous corner to reduce speed as cars pass in single file(noun.artifact)

source: wordnet30
the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them)(noun.act)

Synonym:
chicanery, guile, shenanigan, trickery, wile

source: wordnet30
The use of artful subterfuge, designed to draw away attention from the merits of a case or question; -- specifically applied to legal proceedings; trickery; chicanery; caviling; sophistry.(noun)

source: webster1913
In bridge, the holding of a hand without trumps, or the hand itself. It counts as simple honors.(noun)

source: webster1913

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