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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
tenace /ˈtɛnəs/

▶noun (in bridge, whist, etc.) a pair of cards in one hand which rank immediately above and below a card held by an opponent.

– origin C17: from Fr., from Sp. tenaza, lit. ‘pincers’.

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