a hole card

(American)

a secret advantage that is ready to use when you need it She still had one hole card to get out of police custody - a phone call to an influential friend.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Kapil	-	Indian, Hindi, Marathi
Mikkjal	-	Faroese
AurÉLia	-	Hungarian
Grusha	-	Russian
Nessa (3)	NES-a	Irish, Irish Mythology
KandaĴA	kahn-DAH-zhah	Esperanto