winning hand

noun

A handful of cards held by a player that beats all others in a card game.

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Meanings

nounwinning hand (plural winning hands)

plural winning hands

  1. A handful of cards held by a player that beats all others in a card game.

    On the face of it, "Condor" has quite a winning hand. It offers a fast transit that no road vehicle can touch for door-to-door speed.

    1960 January, G. Freeman Allen, “"Condor"—British Railways' fastest freight train”, in Trains Illustrated, page 45

Translations

Finnish voittokäsi
  • voittokäsiwinning hand
French main gagnante
  • main gagnantewinning hand
Italian mano vincente
  • mano vincentewinning hand
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APA

winning hand. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/winning%20hand

MLA

“winning hand.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/winning%20hand. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “winning hand,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/winning%20hand.

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