Definition of Finesses

1. Verb. (third-person singular of finesse) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Finesses

1. finesse [v] - See also: finesse

Lexicographical Neighbors of Finesses

finely
fineness
finenesses
finer
finer than frog hair
fineries
finers
finery
fines
fines herbes
finespun
finesse
finessed
finesser
finessers
finesses (current term)
finessing
finest
finetune
finetuned
finetunes
finetuning
finew
finfish
finfishes
finfolk
finfoot
finfoots
fingan
fingans

Literary usage of Finesses

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Good Bridge: A Classification and Analysis of the Best Plays as Played To by Charles Stuart Street (1907)
"Examples of finesses in No-Trump Playing Third in Hand Qxx Dummy Lead = x 1 AJx Play jack ... finesses ..."

2. Advanced Bridge: The Higher Principles of the Game Analysed and Explained by Joseph Bowne Elwell (1905)
"WATCHING THE DISCARDS IN ORDER TO LOCATE finesses The amount of information to be gained from the adversary's discards is apt to be underestimated. ..."

3. Foster's Pirate Bridge: The Latest Development of Auction Bridge, with the by Robert Frederick Foster (1917)
"POSTPONED finesses There are many hands in which it is evident to the declarer that he must make a finesse in a certain suit, but this may be postponed ..."

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