odd trick
Americannoun
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Bridge. each trick exceeding six that is taken by the declarer.
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Whist. the seventh trick taken by a partnership.
Etymology
Origin of odd trick
First recorded in 1700–10
Example Sentences
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A and B win the odd trick, value 4 points.
From Project Gutenberg
If your opponents hold a better trump than you do, it is impossible to prevent their winning the odd trick, and, therefore, the euchre or point; but if they hold a smaller trump, your lead exhausts it, and you may win the last trick with your plain card.
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If your partner assist you, and has played a trump, and you have won a trick and the lead, do not lead him a trump unless you hold commanding cards, and are pretty certain of making the odd trick or a march, for your partner may have assisted on two trumps only, in which case such lead would draw his remaining trump, and, in all probability, prove fatal to his plans.
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The dealer, having examined his hand, must declare to win at least one odd trick, either with a trump suit, or at "no trumps."
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If you double, and they make it Two Hearts and win the odd trick, you are 50 points to the bad.
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