no-trump

How To Use no-trump In A Sentence

• When much behind in the score a risky no-trumper such as one with an established suit of seven or eight cards without a card of entry, may be declared. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria"
• If, then, a player holds six trumps with an average hand as regards the rank of his cards, or five trumps with a hand of no-trump strength, it is highly probable that he is as strong as the declarer. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria"
• A bid for a greater number of points is higher than a bid for a lesser number, and a no-trump bid is higher than a bid of an equal number of points with a trump suit.
• That was a frightfully clever four no-trump call of yours. ' Hercule Poirot's Casebook
• If in a no-trump hand the partners conjointly hold 3 aces, they score 30 for honours; if 4 aces, 40 for honours. 4 aces in 1 hand count 100. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria"
• Our game went pleasantly until -- the colonel had declared two no-trumps -- the light went out suddenly without warning. A Padre in France
• At home, if I venture a light no-trump, and Joan, sitting on my right, exclaims well out of turn, "Oh! father," we all know that Joan has the no-trumper, and the play proceeds accordingly. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 159, 1920-09-29
• The following signals are however, used, and are of great trick-making value: playing an unnecessarily high card, whether to one's partner's suit or in discarding in a no-trump declaration, indicates strength in the suit; in a suit declaration a similar method of play indicates two only of the suit and a desire to ruff, -- it is best used in the case of a king led by one's partner. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria"
• All the books by Andrew Robson are worthwhile, although the bidding is Acol, with four-card majors and 12 to 14 no-trumps. NYT > Home Page
• This was frozen instantly by my partner's declaration of two no-trumps. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 159, 1920-09-29