doubleton
/ˈdʌbltən/noun
1- (in card games, especially bridge) a pair of cards which are the only cards of their suit in a hand(桥牌等牌戏的)双张(指一手牌中某花色仅有两张的牌)。
1.1
- as modifier denoting a card which is one of a doubleton双张中的一张:
a doubleton ace
双张爱司。
1.2
- a pair of people or things(人或物的)一双, 一对。
词源
early 20th cent.: from DOUBLE, on the pattern of singleton.