Auction pitch
a variety of all fours in which players bid to determine the trump or pitch.
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- Auctioned
also called public sale. a publicly held sale at which property or goods are sold to the highest bidder. cards. . (in bridge or certain other games) the compet-tive bidding to fix a contract that a player or players undertake to fulfill. to sell by auction (often followed by off): he auctioned off his furniture. […]
- Auctioneer
a person who conducts sales by . to (something). contemporary examples “$450,000,” called the auctioneer, pointing to a bidder in the crowd at christie’s. leonardo dicaprio’s big christie’s auction brings in $38.8 million isabel wilkinson may 13, 2013 so when chicago auctioneer gabe fajuri first got a cold call from collins describing the box, he […]
- Auctorial
of, by, or pertaining to an : auctorial changes made in the m-n-script margin; auctorial rights. historical examples last of all, auctorial pride in the young mans width of shoulder, blended with soft recollections of the time he dandled him. cradock nowell, vol. 3 (of 3) richard doddridge blackmore the auctorial report (which, by the […]
- Aucuba
any shrub of the genus aucuba, native to asia, having evergreen leaves, cl-sters of purple flowers, and brightly colored berries. historical examples the familiar j-panese laurel of gardens and shrubberies is aucuba j-ponica. encyclopaedia britannica, 11th edition, volume 2, slice 8 various the last plant generally included in this order is aucuba j-ponica, though it […]
- Au jus
served in the natural juices that flow from the meat as it cooks. adjective (of meat) served in its own gravy