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 a variety of bridge, now generally superseded by contract bridge, in which all the tricks made score towards game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

Annie was tempted by auction bridge, which was just coming into vogue, but rarely played because she hated to be dummy.

From Time Magazine Archive

It was Sidney S. Lenz, they say, who brought auction bridge to the Western world.

From Time Magazine Archive

There were good days, when he taught her double-dummy auction bridge, followed by terrible nights, when he walked the floor for hours and she sat by, unable to help.

From Love Stories by Rinehart, Mary Roberts