small slam

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

small slam
    n 1: winning all but one of the tricks in a hand of bridge [syn:
         {little slam}, {small slam}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Slam \Slam\, n.
   1. The act of one who, or that which, slams.
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   2. The shock and noise produced in slamming.
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            The slam and the scowl were lost upon Sam.
                                                  --Dickens.
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   3. (Card Playing) Winning all the tricks of a deal (called,
      in bridge,

   {grand slam}, the winning of all but one of the thirteen
      tricks being called a

   {little slam} or

   {small slam}).
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   4. The refuse of alum works. [Prov. Eng.]
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