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

And the series opens with four people playing bid whist.

From Washington Post • Oct. 18, 2022

The town was whist and still, for it was Sunday.

From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes