crossruff

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English

Etymology

From cross- +‎ ruff.

Noun

crossruff (plural crossruffs)

  1. (bridge) A play in which tricks are taken by taking alternate ruffs in each hand
    • 2009 January 8, Phillip Alder, “Part 1 of an Experiment, Ending in a Trump Coup”, Bridge, in New York Times‎:
      When West discarded a club, South could have won with dummy's ace and played on crossruff lines.

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Verb

crossruff (third-person singular simple present crossruffs, present participle crossruffing, simple past and past participle crossruffed)

  1. (bridge) To execute a play of this kind.
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