When a person is deserted in difficult circumstances he is said to have been "left in the lurch." This expression from the game of cribbage means that one player has been left far behind the other. The word "lurch" originated with tlio French game of lourche, which was akin to backgammon.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXIII, Issue 28, 3 February 1932, Page 10
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