whist

One whist table only is at work; General Pepper and three old hands of the same kidney are hard at it.

The older people had always played bzique or whist, but rather somnolently of an evening.

Honours are reckoned differently from whist, and on a scale which is somewhat involved.

I am vastly complaisant, amuse myself in Routes and private parties and play shilling Whist with the most edifying resignation.

It is not advisable to adopt any of the recent whist methods of giving information.