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Takeout Double (n.)
A request to partner asking him what contract he wants to go down in.

Tank (v.)
The term for thinking for 15 minutes, and then leading from the wrong hand.

Teaching Table (n.)
A wonderful invention allowing someone else to inform you of how badly you play, and why you should pay them for lessons.

Teammates (n.)
People who you choose to play with you, but may soon create a mutany when they see your scorecard.

Tired (v.)
Partner's excuse after he failed to cash his 6 cash suit to the AKQJT against 3NT.

To Go to bed With (v.)
The last thing one can expect to do with one's wife later on that night when partnering her after declarer ruffs the ace one has tenaciously held on to for 4 tricks.

Tournament (n.)
A place where people gather to make enemies.

Trap Pass (n.)
A green card that when touched, explodes.

Trials (n.)
An event held to decide who will be paid to go to a foreign country and make enemies.

Trump Contract (n.)
What your partner was defending against when he “ruffed” declarer’s long running suit.

Trump Coup (n.)
Miracle in which partner remembers which suit is trump.