A playing card in the suit that has been declared trumps.
1 That alone serves as a trump card in the game of life.
2 In that case, Arni had at least a trump card in reserve.
3 Another Conservative trump card was supposed to be Miliband's dire personal ratings.
4 Advocates present the aircraft's incredibly enhanced battlefield electronics as their trump card .
5 I do have another, possibly even more trumpity- trump card in my pocket.
6 Raff was ready to lay down what he considered his trump card .
7 This was his trump card , and he had to play it well.
8 But Miss Thorn was his trump card , and she now came forward.
9 Father Flaherty, says I, and he is a trump card at electioneering.
10 Sir William, with a serene air of triumph, played his trump card .
11 It won't be done unless Germany's got a trump card to play.
12 What the government won't say, however, is that it has a trump card .
13 NASA had another trump card in the families of the heroes.
14 And yet they have not used their trump card of eviction.
15 But she still called the shots, for she still held the trump card .
16 Here, in the hotel General Deffenbaugh was holding in reserve Elmville's trump card .
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