SINCE 1828
rule of eleven
Definition of rule of eleven
: a rule in bridge and whist: when a player leads his fourth-best card of a suit the number of its spots subtracted from eleven gives the number of higher cards of the same suit not in the leader's hand
— called also eleven rule
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