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crossruff

noun, verb — 2 senses

crossruff

noun

Etymology From cross- + ruff.

1

Bridge, Games A play in which tricks are taken by taking alternate ruffs in each hand

  • When West discarded a club, South could have won with dummy's ace and played on crossruff lines.2009 January 8, Phillip Alder, “Part 1 of an Experiment, Ending in a Trump Coup”, Bridge, in New York Times:
Related terms
overruff, ruff, underruff

crossruff

verb

Etymology From cross- + ruff.

1

Bridge, Games To execute a play of this kind.

Entry derived from the Wiktionary, under licence CC BY-SA 4.0 — list of authors.

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