"winning hand" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: winning hands [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} winning hand (plural winning hands)
  1. A handful of cards held by a player that beats all others in a card game. Categories (topical): Card games Translations (winning hand): voittokäsi (Finnish), main gagnante [feminine] (French), mano vincente [feminine] (Italian)
    Sense id: en-winning_hand-en-noun-k8dKCwxG Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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