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turn up trumps
turn up trumps
turn up trumps
End well, succeed, as in
Some brief courtships and hasty marriages turn up trumps
. This expression alludes to card games in which trump cards are superior to cards of other suits. [Late 1700s]
See also:
trump
,
turn
,
up
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Aurora
[ɔ:'rɔ:rə]
Lotta
LOT-tah
(Finnish)
Swedish, Finnish
Carnes
[ka:nz]
Tracie
TRAY-see
English
Emmalyn
EM-ə-lin
English (Modern)
&Aelig;Thelweard
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Anglo-Saxon
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