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auction bridge

noun

  1. a variety of bridge in which odd tricks won in excess of the number named in the contract are scored toward game. Compare contract ( def 5 ).


auction bridge

noun

  1. a variety of bridge, now generally superseded by contract bridge, in which all the tricks made score towards game
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of auction bridge1

First recorded in 1905–10
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Example Sentences

You will be entertainingly led from whist to bridge whist to auction bridge to contract bridge.

It further happened that after a triumphal dinner he gave to several friends, among whom was Tony, he lost twice that sum at auction bridge.

To be content with a facile compliment, the majority of tricks at auction bridge, mechanical pleasures, was the measure of wisdom for women in her situation.

I have just finished reading an article by an expert in auction bridge, and it has left me in a cold sweat.

I loaf at the club, play auction bridge when I might be doing something a great deal better, and drink a whisky and soda when any one asks me.

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