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
The mother-of-two told the court the Skoda Fabia was "swerving" whist driving on the A46.
From BBC • May 17, 2023
Bid whist, for our generation, was the national Black pastime.
From Washington Post • Oct. 18, 2022
She did not appear when we afterwards went up to Miss Havisham’s room, and we four played at whist.
From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
