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auction pitch

auction pitch noun: a card game in which the players bid for the privilege of determining or "pitching" the trump suit.

Noun

auction pitch (uncountable)

  1. A card game in which the players bid for the privilege of determining or "pitching" the trump suit.
    • Pedro , Pedro Sancho , Dom Pedro , and Snoozer , are all varieties of Auction Pitch, in which certain counting cards are added , and secondary bids are allowed1897, Robert Frederick Foster, Foster's Complete Hoyle: An Encyclopedia of All the Indoor Games Played at the Present Day

Questions about auction pitch

What does auction pitch mean?
Auction pitch means a card game in which the players bid for the privilege of determining or "pitching" the trump suit.
What part of speech is auction pitch?
Auction pitch is a noun.

Words near auction pitch in the dictionary

  1. auction call
  2. auction calls
  3. auction house
  4. auction houses
  5. auction off
  6. auction pitch
  7. auction theory
  8. auction-goer
  9. auction-goers
  10. auctionability
  11. auctionable

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