auction bridge

American  

noun

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

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auction bridge British  

noun

1. a variety of bridge, now generally superseded by contract bridge, in which all the tricks made score towards game

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Etymology

Origin of auction bridge

First recorded in 1905–10

Example Sentences

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

From New York Times • Dec. 14, 2014

He was a 15-year-old freshman, and Al Roth and Harold Harkavy were upperclassmen with whom Stoney played hearts, pinochle and auction bridge.

From New York Times • Feb. 22, 2012

Inside the box were two packs of auction bridge cards, with the intimate feel of good linen and etched silver.

From Time Magazine Archive

Soon famed as authority on auction bridge, his production of literature on cards within the last 20 years has been enormous.

From Time Magazine Archive

After dinner they played billiards or auction bridge, and the ladies knitted war socks or sustained themselves till bedtime with copious draughts of the mild stimulant supplied by their favourite lady novelists.

From The Hand in the Dark by Rees, Arthur J. (Arthur John)