bridge table
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of bridge table
First recorded in 1900–05
Example Sentences
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At the bridge table, when you cannot see a legitimate way to defeat a contract, try a cheapo swindle.
From New York Times • Apr. 1, 2015
His natural detachment and concentration often found a home at the bridge table, where he sat “like a jet plane taxiing for three hours on the runway.”
From Washington Post • Feb. 13, 2015
If Fiona and Aubrey weren’t at the bridge table they might be walking along the halls, Aubrey hanging on to the railing with one hand and clutching Fiona’s arm or shoulder with the other.
From The New Yorker • Oct. 14, 2013
Bridge: The Yeh Brothers Cup 2009 5 Mar 2009: Zia Mahmood: What do these have in common - a fleshly poet, the Duke of Westminster and a particularly irritating experience at the bridge table?
From The Guardian • Dec. 2, 2010
He set it down quickly on the bridge table.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
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