Culbertsonn.
/ˈkʌlbətsən/ Used chiefly attributively and elliptically of a system of bidding at contract bridge.
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society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > bridge > [noun] > actions or tactics > call > bidding > systems of bidding
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1929 Bridge World I. 40 I have been using what is known as the Culbertson System of bidding.
1931 A. Woollcott Let. 22 July (1946) iv. 79 I was gone only three months, but in that time..everybody had taken up Culbertson.
1932 Times Lit. Suppl. 12 May 349/3 Bidding based on the Culbertson principles.
1959 Listener 2 July 38/1 The Culbertson Four-Five No Trump convention.
1959 Listener 2 July 38/2 Culbertson bidders.
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