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Meanings of long whist in English

Portuguese
uíste
Catalan
whist
Spanish
whist

A card game for four players who form two partnerships; a pack of 52 cards is dealt and each side scores one point for each trick it takes in excess of six.

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Examples for "whist"
Examples for "whist"
1
Breakfast, whist; lunch, whist; dinner, whist; supper, whist; and then to bed.
The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, February 1844 /...
2
In the drawing-room three whist-tables carry off the more elderly and grave.
What Will He Do with It? — Volume 05
3
The hour for whist had arrived; so he departed to play whist.
Parisian Points of View
4
During this time the General played whist with Madame de la Roche-Jugan.
Monsieur de Camors — Volume 2
5
We played whist in the evening, and I went to bed late.
Wandering Ghosts
1
The archdeacon is engaged against two prebendaries, a pursy full-blown rector assisting him, in all the perils and all the enjoyments of short whist.
The Warden
2
Whist and Short Whist, 18mo.
Evenings at Donaldson Manor; Or, The Christmas Guest
Usage of long whist in English
1
In the next hand, Miss Gabriel-forthis was old-fashionedlong whist-held all four honours, and took the game.
Major Vigoureux
2
But Aunt Margaret could play a capital game of whist-longwhist.
An Autobiography
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Translations for long whist
Portuguese
uíste
Catalan
whist
Spanish
whist