klaberjass

noun

kla·​ber·​jass

ˈkläbə(r)ˌyäs

: a two-handed game played with 32 cards in which a player scores by holding a higher sequence than his opponent, by holding both the king and queen of trumps, by taking the last trick, and by taking scoring cards in tricks

called also clabber, clob, clobber, jass, klab, klob

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German

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