auction pitch

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auction pitch (uncountable)

  1. A card game in which the players bid for the privilege of determining or "pitching" the trump suit.
    • 1897, Robert Frederick Foster, Foster's Complete Hoyle: An Encyclopedia of All the Indoor Games Played at the Present Day:
      Pedro , Pedro Sancho , Dom Pedro , and Snoozer , are all varieties of Auction Pitch, in which certain counting cards are added , and secondary bids are allowed