double dummy

American  

noun

Cards.

1. a variety of bridge for two players in which two hands are kept face down until the end of the bidding when both hands are exposed.

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Etymology

Origin of double dummy

First recorded in 1900–05

Example Sentences

If you picked the declarer, you were wrong at double dummy.

From New York Times

But I just can’t resist cackling about a turkey deal that involves a missing double dummy.

From Washington Post

But the loss will be $160 million less than it would have been had it used the double dummy in 1993.

From Washington Post

At a 35 percent federal corporate tax rate, the Times will pay the IRS $56 million more in taxes than if it had used the double dummy.

From Washington Post

Had Times done the deal by using a corporate structure that goes by the marvelous name of “horizontal double dummy,” it would have been able to add the $160 million cash portion of the price to its “tax basis” in the Globe: the value it placed on the Globe for tax purposes.

From Washington Post