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auction pitch

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noun

Cards.

  1. a variety of all fours in which players bid to determine the trump or pitch.

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It eliminates the need for a full-time sales staff, cuts the advertising budget way down to two or three days' concentrated ballyhoo and, above all, brings potential customers to an auction pitch where each buyer lures the other on.

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