trump card

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trump card

noun trump cards

  1. A playing card, of the trump suit that is held in reserve until needed to win a trick.
  2. figuratively Something used to obtain an advantage, sometimes unscrupulously. Domin The secret of their manufacture. Old Rossum's manuscript. As soon as they found out that they couldn't make themselves they'd be on their knees to us. Dr. Gall Madame Domin, that was our trump card. I never had the least fear that the Robots would win. How could they against people like us?

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@misc{trump_card_2026,
  title = {trump card},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/trump%20card},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}