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duplicate bridge

noun

  1. a form of contract bridge used in tournaments in which contestants play the identical series of deals, with each deal being scored independently, permitting individual scores to be compared.


duplicate bridge

noun

  1. a form of contract bridge, esp at clubs and in competitions, in which the hands are kept as dealt and played by different players. The partners with the highest average score are the winners Also calledboard bridge Compare rubber bridge
“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 duplicate bridge1

First recorded in 1925–30
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Example Sentences

Dear Miss Manners: I frequently play duplicate bridge with other members of the local senior center.

She was a Silver Life Master in duplicate bridge and a certified director for the American Contract Bridge League.

In Houston, Margie Beegle, 79, was sitting down Saturday morning to play duplicate bridge online when her partner in the game bailed.

“We speak to each other. We like to have snacks when we play. There are so many things connected with duplicate bridge that are now dangerous.”

In duplicate bridge, partners sit across from each other at a four-person table, and the cards are tucked into plastic trays that circulate from table to table.

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