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Originally Posted by pjt33
"In spades" probably comes from the game of bridge. I'm not sure why it isn't "in no trumps", since NT is more valuable than S, but así es.
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Yes, this is a good question. The term seems to have started in the 1920s, at the time when bridge was being developed. I'm wondering whether in those days the present scoring with NT higher than spades had not been developed. I can't find a history of bridge which gives this information, and there is a limit to how much I care about it anyway. (I'm posting this whilst my partner is trying to work out what she should bid, by the way
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