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Definition of Overruff
1. Verb. (bridge) To ruff with a higher trump following a prior ruff on the same trick ¹
2. Noun. (bridge) An act of overruffing ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Overruff
1. to trump with a higher trump card than has already been played [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Overruff
Literary usage of Overruff
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Laws and Practice of Whist by Edward Augustus Carlyon (1859)
"By good management you may possibly establish a commanding suit with four trumps
headed only by the ten; neither be forced, nor overruff; one trump being ..."
2. Modern Whist Together with the Laws of Whist by Clement Davies (1886)
"... are together evenly divided, say six to each of them, beside two Hearts apiece;
and a trump lead is indicated to prevent a double overruff. 53. ..."
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