Glossary of Contract Bridge Terms

Glossary Of Contract Bridge Terms

These terms are used in contract bridge, using duplicate or rubber scoring. Some of them are also used in Whist, Bid whist, the obsolete game Auction bridge, and other trick-taking games. This glossary supplements the Glossary of card game terms.

In the following entries, boldface links are external to the glossary and plain links reference other glossary entries.
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