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Winning of twelve tricks at bridge
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small slam
Word definitions for small slam in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Slam \Slam\, n. The act of one who, or that which, slams. The shock and noise produced in slamming. The slam and the scowl were lost upon Sam. --Dickens. (Card Playing) Winning all the tricks of a deal (called, in bridge, grand slam , the winning of all ...
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Word definitions in WordNet
n. winning all but one of the tricks in a hand of bridge [syn: little slam ]
Usage examples of small slam.
On the next hand he and Meyer bid and made a small slam in spades that required two hair-raising finesses, both of which Drax, after a good deal of pantomime and hemming and hawing, negotiated smoothly, each time commenting loudly on his good fortune.
I had bid a small slam in spades, doubled and redoubled, vulnerable.
Caitin had forced the bidding to small slam, played the hand, and made it.
I didn't think Marty Grice had been killed for messing up a small slam, but with bridge partners one can never tell.