Definition of "thirteener" []

• Same as thirteen, 3. (noun)
• The thirteenth one of any number of things; specifically, in whist, the last card of a suit left in the hands of a player after the other twelve have been played. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "And when, at the last, holding only a thirteener and a fork in Clubs, he led the losing card of the latter, she could endure the agony no longer."
• "Said McHale of The Sphere, who, having been stuck with the queen of spades -- that most unlucky thirteener -- twice in succession, was retiring on his losses, to Mallory of The Ledger who had just come in:"
• "I was a thirteener, and must, whether or no, go over to the next column, like the odd figure you carry along when you do a sum in addition."