right bower

Sure wish I could be there to do the strong right bower stuff.

King Zobell's right bower turned his head toward the two men with whom he had been talking.

Join up and you're his right bower, ahead of all the rest of us.

The bidder usually names a trump in which they have the right bower.

But as the right bower of the absent big shot, Barruci was still a power to be feared.

The Jack of trumps is elevated to the highest rank and known as the right bower.

The dealer must not discard any aces or the left or right bower.

The right bower or left bower guarded is sufficient to block a lone hand.

Of course, you need not do this if you hold the right bower, or the left bower guarded.

One was Zimmer Funson; the other, his right bower, Hal.

"That was Trigger Weems, the chief's right bower.

Right Bower (jack of trump)

Jack of spades (right bower)

--and down he fetched a right bower.

"When you discover who Thursday Smith is," said she, "the Millville Tribune will lose its right bower."

It belongs logically to the trump suit and ranks immediately below the Jack of trumps (Right Bower).

Story of Massachusetts, who was appointed by James Madison in 1811 but became Marshall's right bower during his long tenure on the Court.

"It's Huppylac, Onalyon's right bower," he chuckled.

In euchre (pronounced YOO-ker), such expressive terms included "left and right bower" and "shoot the moon."

For trump, the jack (called the right bower) is high, and the jack of the same color (the left bower) is the second-highest trump.

Your partner will then take the trick with the right bower, allowing you to save your right bower for later in the hand.

A player who loses the left bower in a trick pays one unit to the player who won the trick with the right bower.

One was "Duster" Corbin, bodyguard and right bower of King Zobell, the big-shot racketeer.

In this instance the lowest Double is Right Bower, and the highest Double is Left Bower.

If the bidder has only one right bower, it is good to ask for the right bower and then lead a small trump on the first trick.