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kraws
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-
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cross·ruff
/
n.
ˈkrɔsˌrʌf
,
-ˈrʌf
,
ˈkrɒs-
;
v.
ˈkrɔsˈrʌf
,
ˈkrɒs-
/
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[
n.
kraws
-ruhf
,
-
ruhf
,
kros
-
;
v.
kraws
-
ruhf
,
kros
-
]
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Bridge,
Whist
.
noun
1.
a play in
which
each hand of a partnership alternately trumps a different suit in consecutive plays.
verb (used with object),
verb
(used without object)
2.
to play by means of a crossruff.
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Origin:
1585–95;
cross-
+
ruff
2
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crossruff
(ˈkrɒsˌrʌf)
—
n
1.
the alternate trumping of each other's leads by two partners, or by declarer and dummy
—
vb
2.
(
intr
) to trump alternately in two hands of a partnership
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