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Definition of Minor suit
1. Noun. ( bridge) a suit of inferior scoring value, either diamonds or clubs.
Definition of Minor suit
1. Noun. (bridge) Either of the suits of diamonds (?) and clubs (?), which rank lower than the major suits (spades and hearts). ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Minor Suit
Literary usage of Minor suit
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Foster on Auction: A Complete Exposition of the Latest Developments of by Robert Frederick Foster (1918)
"As no good player ever wants to play one of the minor suits for the trump, unless
it is a game hand, or to the score, all minor suit bids have only two ..."
2. Auction Methods Up-to-date by Milton Cooper Work (1920)
"WHEN TO TAKE OUT WITH A minor suit The abandonment of the Rescue with a Major
suit does not affect the wisdom of using it with a Minor as, in that case, ..."
3. Foster's Auction Made Easy: A Text Book for the Beginner, the Average Player by Robert Frederick Foster (1920)
"Absolute dependence on the soundness of the dealer's minor-suit bids is essential,
however, especially in shifting to no-trumps. ..."
4. Foster's Pirate Bridge: The Latest Development of Auction Bridge, with the by Robert Frederick Foster (1917)
"ACCEPTING minor suitS It is an axiom among good players that no one wants to play
a minor suit for the trump if there is a higher declaration between the ..."
5. The Law Review and Quarterly Journal of British and Foreign Jurisprudence by William S. Hein & Company (1850)
"... and ought not to do, in a creditor's suit what he might and ought to do in a
minor's suit, because in a minor's suit there is no opposing interest. ..."
6. Auction Bridge Explained in a Simple, Practical Way by Elsie Holzman (1922)
"If his partner has bid a minor suit, the third hand should try to change the ...
An original bid of a minor suit does not indicate so much a desire to play ..."
7. Expert Auction: A Clear Exposition of the Game as Actually Played by Experts by Edward Valentine Shepard, Whist Club, New York (1916)
"If the long topless minor suit has more than average strength in side tricks, in
other words, if the long minor suit is fully compensated by quick side ..."
8. Auction Developments by Milton C. Work (1913)
"They all, however, force the abandonment of the major and minor suit idea, and
consequently eliminate many pretty situations of declaration which under the ..."
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