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Ptah

(33,044 posts) Thu Dec 20, 2012, 09:56 AM Dec 2012

Bridge - what is it?

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Bridge - what is it? (Original Post) Ptah Dec 2012 OP

bridge2 [brij] KG Dec 2012 #1

Origin: 1885–90; earlier also spelling britch Ptah Dec 2012 #2

Well, obviously it's a rattlesnake... WhoIsNumberNone Dec 2012 #3

Tucson, AZ Ptah Dec 2012 #4

KG

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1. bridge2 [brij]

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Thu Dec 20, 2012, 10:04 AM

Dec 2012

noun, Cards.
a game derived from whist in which one partnership plays to fulfill a certain declaration against an opposing partnership acting as defenders. Compare auction bridge, contract ( def 5 ) .
Origin:
1885–90; earlier also spelling britch, biritch; of obscure origin; perhaps < Turkish bir one + üç three (one hand being exposed while the other three are concealed), but such a name for the game is not attested in Turkey or the Near East, from where it is alleged to have been introduced into Europe