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Strong suit   /strɔŋ sut/   Listen
Strong suit

noun
1.
A long suit including high cards.
2.
An asset of special worth or utility.  Synonyms: forte, long suit, metier, speciality, specialty, strength, strong point.





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"Strong suit" Quotes from Famous Books



... more, and I remembered a little story I heard in Dublin respecting a daily disseminator of priest-ordered politics. It owed some rent for the premises it occupies on the thymy banks of the odorous Liffey. It owed, I say, for owing, not paying, is the strong suit of the party it represents. It was pressed to pay, coaxed to plank down, soothered to shell out. A registered letter with premonitory twist of the screw "fetched" the patriot laggards. They or "It" paid up, but failed to look pleasant. In his hurry the glad recipient of the cash gave a ...
— Ireland as It Is - And as It Would be Under Home Rule • Robert John Buckley (AKA R.J.B.)


Words linked to "Strong suit" :   green thumb, weak point, plus, asset, bridge hand, green fingers


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