Stayman
noun, plural Staymans.
1.
a variety of apple grown chiefly in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia.
noun
1.
(in contract bridge) a conventional response in clubs to a partner’s opening no-trump bid, as a request for the partner to show any four-card major
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