Usage of "auction bridge"

A variety of bridge in which tricks made in excess of the contract are scored toward game; now generally superseded by contract bridge.

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Usage of auction bridge in английском

I say, Hoape, they tell me you play uncommonly good auction bridge. 
 The Pretty Lady 

He did uncommonly well at auction bridge in the clubs. 
 The Three Black Pennys: A Novel 

There are volumes on auction bridge, family budgets and mind-training. 
 Love Conquers All 

This from Gibbs, who is a master of auction bridge. 
 Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, February 25, 1914 

Frederic had suggested a rubber at auction bridge. 
 The Rim of the Desert 

I can sing a little, play the piano a little, auction bridge a good deal; I can cook, and sew fancy things. 
 Bambi 

He played auction bridge that afternoon in a private room at one of the hotels with the three men he had lunched with. 
 K 

The game of Auction Bridge may be divided into three species. 
 Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 159, 1920-09-29 

For instance, it is a mistake to confuse Auction Bridge with Rugby football. 
 Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-04-21 

Auction bridge is played with cards, just like pinochle, with the exception of the beer. 
 You Should Worry Says John Henry 

Now, A. and B. were strictly within the rules of Auction Bridge in acting as they did. 
 Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-04-21 

She searched and found So-and-So's " Auction Bridge." 
 V. V.'s Eyes 

Appended hereto will be found "The Laws of Auction Bridge" as published by the Whist Club of New York, November, 1912. 
 Auction of To-day 

"I confess that auction bridge, as it is played over here, is the one game in the world which attracts me." 
 The Double Traitor 

"We are speaking of the United States of America here, ladies and gentlemen, not a hand of auction bridge." He pounded fist into palm. 
 American empire: blood and iron 

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Meanings of auction bridge in английском