double dummy
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.
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How to use double dummy in a sentence
At nine o'clock that night the colonel, in immaculate evening-dress, sat playing double-dummy bridge with his two companions.
Jack O' Judgment | Edgar WallaceI suggested a game of double-dummy bridge, but did not urge it when my companion asked me if it resembled euchre.
The Man in Lower Ten | Mary Roberts RinehartThe lion, it will be seen, was self-sacrificing even to the extent of double dummy.
A Modern Chronicle, Complete | Winston ChurchillFrom that he led her to double-dummy Bridge, and they were still at it when his brother returned.
Old Mole | Gilbert CannanThe lady would play anything, piquet, écarté, double dummy—and her daughter Elsie hated the sight of cards.
The Ivory Gate, a new edition | Walter Besant
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