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Definition of Bridge hand
1. Noun. The cards held in a game of bridge.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bridge Hand
Literary usage of Bridge hand
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Construction and Maintenance of Railway Roadbed and Track by Frederick John Prior (1907)
"bridge hand Car. details of construction and length, height and position of
structures; also the cost of labor and material expended. ..."
2. Billiards Expounded to All Degrees of Amateur Players by S. A. Mussabini, John Patrick Mannock (1904)
"Here the " bridge " hand is divided in its use of the cushion and the bed of the
... In every case the " bridge " hand must be made as taut as possible. ..."
3. International Library of Technology: A Series of Textbooks for Persons by International Textbook Company (1906)
"A car c carrying the hoisting apparatus is arranged to travel along the bridge.
Hand cranes are also operated by means of cranks and gearing on a stage ..."
4. Appleby's Illustrated Handbook of Machinery by C. J. Appleby (1903)
"The most notable and successful example of this in any country is, however, the
Forth Bridge. HAND POWER GOLIATH CRANES FOR BRIDGE ERECTION. ..."
5. Punch by Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman (1870)
"Back again, in among the screws, up the handle, on to the bridge, hand still
trying to seize on something, his eyes watching the performance intently, ..."