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auction bridge
noun
- 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
- a variety of bridge, now generally superseded by contract bridge, in which all the tricks made score towards game
Word History and Origins
Origin of auction bridge1
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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