(thing) by Vulgar Tongue 1811 Thu May 05 2005 at 2:42:28
TRUMPS
To be put to one's trumps: to be in difficulties, or put to one's shifts. Something may turn up trumps; something lucky may happen. All his cards are trumps: he is extremely fortunate.

The 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.

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