Biddable
Cards. adequate to bid upon:
a biddable suit.
willing to do what is asked; obedient; tractable; docile:
a biddable child.
that may be acquired by bidding:
biddable merchandise.
Historical Examples
An Open-Eyed Conspiracy W. D. Howells
Judith Shakespeare William Black
The Men of the Moss-Hags S. R. Crockett
Letters of Travel (1892-1913) Rudyard Kipling
A Pessimist Robert Timsol
The Penalty Gouverneur Morris
The Turmoil Booth Tarkington
The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson – Swanston Edition Robert Louis Stevenson
The Wrong Twin Harry Leon Wilson
The Roots of the Mountains William Morris
adjective
having sufficient value to be bid on, as a hand or suit at bridge
docile; obedient
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