duplicate bridge

American  

noun

1. a form of contract bridge used in tournaments in which contestants play the identical series of deals, with each deal being scored independently, permitting individual scores to be compared.

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duplicate bridge British  

noun

1. Also called: board bridge.  a form of contract bridge, esp at clubs and in competitions, in which the hands are kept as dealt and played by different players. The partners with the highest average score are the winners Compare rubber bridge

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Etymology

Origin of duplicate bridge

First recorded in 1925–30

Example Sentences

She was a Silver Life Master in duplicate bridge and a certified director for the American Contract Bridge League.

From Washington Post • Oct. 14, 2021

In Houston, Margie Beegle, 79, was sitting down Saturday morning to play duplicate bridge online when her partner in the game bailed.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 7, 2020

In duplicate bridge, partners sit across from each other at a four-person table, and the cards are tucked into plastic trays that circulate from table to table.

From New York Times • Apr. 29, 2020

Zia Mahmood on bridge: Is there any such thing as luck at duplicate bridge?

From The Guardian • Oct. 20, 2010

Stevens had open heart surgery in 1974, but continues to golf, play tennis, swim, fly his own Cessna, garden and plug away toward life-master status as a duplicate bridge player.

From Time Magazine Archive