whist
Example Sentences
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Bid whist, for our generation, was the national Black pastime.
From Washington Post
When the book opens the punctilious Phileas Fogg lives by the clock, his schedule never varying, each day passed almost entirely at London’s Reform Club, where he reads the newspapers, dines and plays whist.
From Washington Post
Contractors also discovered a hat worn by Yamen Cafe staff members, a whist book and a packet of playing cards.
From BBC
These college students improved on some of the minor functions of whist in an attempt to keep the game moving, because they often had limited time to play it.
From New York Times
It was, he recalled, a paper that "bothered with the little things in people's lives, the whist drives and flower shows".
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
