whist

Example Sentences

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They are often held when family and friends gather, get animated and talk smack amid a spades or bid whist card game where jokers and deuces are always wild.

From Salon • Jan. 1, 2024

Love, Peace & Spades is a safe and inclusive space for Black people to enjoy one another and play Uno, bid whist, Tunk, dominoes and spades.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 6, 2023

Also, this is likely the only hip-hop song in history to mention the card game whist.

From New York Times • Jul. 28, 2023

Bid whist, for our generation, was the national Black pastime.

From Washington Post • Oct. 18, 2022

‘No, no. My mother said it is a rising eye. But I was to keep whist and mum about it—unless even God has turned away His face. And Cilia ... you promised.’

From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes