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Meanings of small slam in English

Winning all but one of the tricks in a hand of bridge.

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Examples for "little slam"
Examples for "little slam"
1
Well, she, bad luck to her, she couldn't make a little slam.
Ivanoff: A Play
2
Your raise to five makes a little slam obligatory, doesn't it, Nita?
Murder at Bridge
3
I declared a little slam in clubs yesterday, and made a grand slam!
Ivanoff: A Play
4
I declared a little slam and he never showed his ace!
Ivanoff: A Play
5
As she shut the door behind her Amanda gave it a defiant little slam.
Billie Bradley at Three Towers Hall; Or, Leading a Needed Rebell...