Clabber
trick-taking card game
Clabber is a four-player card game played in southwestern Indiana near Evansville. It is a member of the Jack–nine family of point-trick card games that are popular in Europe and is similar to Klaberjass. The trump makers must score at least eighty-two points to keep from "going set", where they do not score any of their points. Additional points can also be scored for a combination of cards in a hand, which would assist in "making it", or, not going set.
The game is sometimes known as klob, clob, clobber or dad.
Definitions
Bella: A meld consisting of the king and queen of trumps. (In slang, sometimes called "Beller".)
Dad: A meld consisting of three cards of the same suit and in sequence; worth twenty (20) points. The sequence is: 9, 10, J, Q, K, A
40 dollar dad: A dad that contains Bell, i.e., Q, K, A or J, Q, K of trump suit; worth forty (40) points.
Fifty: A meld consisting of four cards of the same suit and in sequence; worth fifty (50) points.
Hundred: A meld consisting of five, or six cards of the same suit and in sequence; worth one hundred (100) points.
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