Word: whist
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...Whist-clubs and salons...
...Irishmen were passing a sign-post, one of them, looking up at it exclaimed to his comrade; "Whist, Mike; thread saftly owver the grave o' the dead. He was farteen years ould, and his name was Miles To Boston." - Spectator...
...Hold yer whist, will yer?" returned the Greek, "and show up yer hand...
...poker we're playing, old fellow, not whist," said Chaucer...
...hardly sat down to whist in the parlor when my tormentor took a seat beside me, and gave me directions about playing my hand. I remonstrated with him, but to no purpose; he assured me, with the utmost candor, that his mamma liked to have him look over people's hands so as to learn how to play, and his father liked to have him watch and see who did the cheating...