auction bridge


noun

a variety of bridge in which odd tricks won in excess of the number named in the contract are scored toward game. Compare contract(def 5).

Origin of auction bridge

First recorded in 1905–10

Example sentences from the Web for auction bridge

  • Jane's partner was a stout old gentleman whose wife was shrieking with merriment at an auction-bridge table.

    The Copy-Cat and Other Stories |Mary E. Wilkins Freeman

British Dictionary definitions for auction bridge

auction bridge

noun

a variety of bridge, now generally superseded by contract bridge, in which all the tricks made score towards game