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cross-ruff

cross-ruff is the alternative form of crossruff.

Meaning of crossruff

Noun

crossruff (plural crossruffs)

  1. 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

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Forms of cross-ruff

Noun
pluralcross-ruffs
Verb
third-person singular presentcross-ruffs
present participlecross-ruffing
past participlecross-ruffed
pastcross-ruffed

Questions about cross-ruff

What is cross-ruff the alternative form of?
Cross-ruff is the alternative form of crossruff.

Words near cross-ruff in the dictionary

  1. cross-rhythm
  2. cross-rhythms
  3. cross-river
  4. cross-row
  5. cross-rows
  6. cross-ruff
  7. cross-ruffed
  8. cross-ruffing
  9. cross-ruffs
  10. cross-section
  11. cross-sectional

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