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| cross·ruff [ kráwss rùf ] |
noun (plural cross·ruffs) |
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plan between partners at cards: in whist and bridge, a tactic in which two partners alternately trump each other's first card lead in each round
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transitive and intransitive verb (past and past participle cross·ruffed, present participle cross·ruff·ing, 3rd person present singular cross·ruffs) |
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take turns to trump partner: in whist or bridge, to play a crossruff, or trump a card in a crossruff
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| [Late 16th century. <cross- + ruff2] |
