double dummy

noun

, Cards.

1. a variety of bridge for two players in which two hands are kept face down until the end of the bidding when both hands are exposed.

Word History and Origins

Origin of double dummy¹

First recorded in 1900–05

Example Sentences

If you picked the declarer, you were wrong at double dummy.

From New York Times

But I just can’t resist cackling about a turkey deal that involves a missing double dummy.

From Washington Post

But the loss will be $160 million less than it would have been had it used the double dummy in 1993.

From Washington Post

At a 35 percent federal corporate tax rate, the Times will pay the IRS $56 million more in taxes than if it had used the double dummy.

From Washington Post

Had Times done the deal by using a corporate structure that goes by the marvelous name of “horizontal double dummy,” it would have been able to add the $160 million cash portion of the price to its “tax basis” in the Globe: the value it placed on the Globe for tax purposes.

From Washington Post