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 a variety of bridge, now generally superseded by contract bridge, in which all the tricks made score towards game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

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Example Sentences

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auction bridge

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

Within a decade, auction bridge had captured the card tables of the U.S. and Europe.

From Time Magazine Archive

An expert who, like Whitehead, has had a hand in the movement responsible for replacing auction bridge with contract bridge as the standard social card-game, did not attend Whitehead's convention.

From Time Magazine Archive

This from Gibbs, who is a master of auction bridge.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, February 25, 1914 by Various

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