Grand Slam Tournaments
Grand Slam commonly names a comprehensive or great achievement, derived from the "grand slam" in contract bridge which is a successful contract to win all thirteen tricks on one deal of card game.
Grand Slam, grand slam, and so on, may also refer to:
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Famous quotes containing the words grand and/or slam:
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—Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. (1809–1894)
“You slam a politician, you make out he’s the devil, with horns and hoofs. But his wife loves him, and so did all his mistresses.”
—Pamela Hansford Johnson (1912–1981)