auction pitch

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