| 单词 | little slam |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslittle slam little slam n. [ < little adj. + slam n.2, originally after French petit slaime (see quot. 1839)] Cards (chiefly Bridge) the fact or action of taking every trick but one; = small slam n. at small adj. and n.2 Compounds 4. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > bridge > [noun] > actions or tactics > tricks or taking tricks slam1814 little slam1839 book1857 overtrick1885 small slam1887 undertrick1908 heart1909 playing trick1959 1839 tr. G. Deschapelles Treat. on Whist ii. vi. 286 We might write whole chapters on the little slam [Fr. petit slaime]. 1899 Denver Sunday Post 12 Mar. 7/5 If a player and his partner make..twelve tricks, they score for little slam twenty points. 1905 H. A. Vachell Hill vii. 144 My partner..made the Little Slam, and scored nearly six hundred below the line. 1978 J. Schuyler What's for Dinner? iv. 55 That's our little slam in hearts, which you doubled and I redoubled. 2013 West Australian (Perth) (Nexis) 15 Nov. 85 We may agree that reaching seven is not all that easy, but when nine out of 16 pairs failed to even bid the little slam surely there is cause for some concern? < as lemmas |
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