DOUBLETON Definition & Meaning

doubleton

[ duhb-uhl-tuhn ]

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noun

Chiefly Bridge.

a set of only two cards of the same suit in a hand as dealt:
The other player held a doubleton.

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noun

bridge an original holding of two cards only in a suit

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Origin of doubleton¹

First recorded in 1905–10; modeled on singleton

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It was just possible that West had 2=2=6=3 shape with three low clubs, but then East, with only a doubleton diamond, might have considered shifting at Trick 2.

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Now South, hoping East had started with doubletons in both minors, led his diamond queen and discarded dummy’s remaining heart.

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Declarer needed the doubleton queen-jack of hearts, the diamond queen onside and the queen dropping.

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East, worried that his partner had the eight-four doubleton, put in his ten.

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So declarer decided that East’s plays had been restricted by his having only a doubleton.

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