Should any player have more or less than five cards, or the dealer neglect to discard before playing, the deal holds good, and the party so offending forfeits two if all four are playing, and four if a lone hand is played.
The penalty of a revoke is three points, except in the case of a lone hand, when it is five; and the penalty may be claimed as often as the revoke is repeated in the hand.
In a lone hand, should either adversary abandon his hand by laying it face upwards on the table, or by failing to play to every trick, the party playing alone scores five points.
The elder hand is the only one who should order up at the bridge, for if he passes, his partner may rest assured that he holds cards sufficient to prevent the adversaries making a lone hand.
In such case his partner turns his cards face downward on the table, and leaves the "lone hand," as he is termed, to play the game singly against the two opponents.
If, however, B has enough to prevent a lone hand, he should pass, and await the result.
The Right Bower, or the Left Bower guarded, is sufficient to block a lone hand.
I told you once, Mr. Thode, that I must play a lone hand.
Dad trusted me with absolute control and I'm going to play a lone hand as far as that money is concerned, Mr. North.
I had a witness to prove his conspiracy, but I wanted to play a lone hand.
I've been playing a lone hand down in these parts all winter.
I was havin' notions then--notions that I'd be playin' her a lone hand.
You wasn't figurin' to let Barbara play it a lone hand?
I've made it a rule all my life to play a lone hand, and the more I see of the raw work that guys like you try to get away with, the more I pat myself on the back.
They credited him with playing a lone hand, believing that his and their depredations were clashing with one another simply by virtue of the fact that their mutual pursuits were of a competitive criminal nature, that was all.
Bethune had money, and in case the search should prove long--Suddenly the words of Vil Holland flashed into her brain with startling abruptness: "Remember yer dad knew enough to play a lone hand.
Just help yourself, only don't get lost, an' remember yer dad knew enough to play a lone hand.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "lone hand" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
