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Definition of Overtrumping
1. overtrump [v] - See also: overtrump
Lexicographical Neighbors of Overtrumping
Literary usage of Overtrumping
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Whist Reference Book: Wherein Information is Presented Concerning the by William Mill Butler (1898)
"But to justify him in not trying trumps once, both his trumps and west's must be
high ones, to prevent overtrumping in diamonds and spades. ..."
2. The Principles and Practice of Whist by Charles Harcourt Ainslie Forbes-Lindsay, Ernest Bergholt (1902)
"The principle governing ruffing applies to overtrumping. A player who is weak
will be glad of an opportunity to make a trick in this manner. ..."
3. The Laws and Principles of Whist Stated and Explained: And Its Practice by Cavendish (1876)
"This rule for not overtrumping cannot be laid down absolutely when there are more
than three cards in hand; but when only four trumps remain in, ..."
4. The Laws and Principles of Whist Stated and Explained: And Its Practice by Cavendish (1879)
"This rule for not overtrumping cannot be laid down absolutely when there are more
than three cards in hand; but when only four trumps remain in, ..."
5. Modern Scientific Whist: The Principles of the Modern Game Analyzed and by C. D. P. Hamilton (1894)
"Here is a phase of overtrumping that frequently turns up. The hands can be read;
A is in, and if he leads either a trump or d, he loses every trick. i. ..."
6. The Laws and Principles of Whist Stated and Explained by Henry] [Jones (1896)
"by overtrumping, and may lose a trick, as the follow- ing example shows: The ...
This rule for not overtrumping cannot be laid down absolutely when there ..."
7. Journal of Theological Studies (1904)
"For instance, on his last page he mentions among the causes for the success of
Christianity its capacity from the third century onwards of ' overtrumping ..."
8. English Prose: Selections by Henry Craik (1894)
"There was a cold-blooded audacity in the mere notion, reasonable as it may nowadays
seem to us, of overtrumping the king of trumps. ..."
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