Crossword clues for small slam
small slam
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Slam \Slam\, n.
The act of one who, or that which, slams.
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The shock and noise produced in slamming.
The slam and the scowl were lost upon Sam.
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(Card Playing) Winning all the tricks of a deal (called, in bridge,
grand slam, the winning of all but one of the thirteen tricks being called a
little slam or
The refuse of alum works. [Prov. Eng.]
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.