auction bridge
Noun
Meaning
a variety of bridge in which tricks made in excess of the contract are scored toward game; now generally superseded by contract bridge
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The modern game of contract bridge was the result of innovations to the scoring of auction bridge made by Harold Stirling Vanderbilt and others.
Work was the greatest authority on auction bridge, which was generally replaced by contract bridge during the late 1920s.