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whist
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology
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whist2 card-game. XVII. alt. (perh. by assoc. with prec.) of earlier
whisk (XVII), perh. f.
WHISK vb. from the action of whisking away the tricks.
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Whist action The card game bid whist combines skill, teamwork and some verbal sparring
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 1/23/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...plenty of card sharpies, a game called bid whist is about the most fun, most challenging...fun," says Fox-TV newscaster and bid whist fanatic Robin Robinson, "is the trash...Sure, there are silent assassins in bid whist. But generally, the player who turns...
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Are you game for bid whist?(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Black Enterprise; 11/1/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...contingent of people who say, `Let's play whist,'" says Roland MacFarland, vice president...are caught up in the excitement of bid whist. The card game has been a tradition of...Beck. She writes the only syndicated bid whist column in the nation (for more information...
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 "Orlando Sentinel (Orlando, FL)")
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Bid whist finds a niche in African-American community.
Newspaper article from: Orlando Sentinel (Orlando, FL); 7/12/2004; 700+ words
; ...card game that they made their own. Bid whist, or "Bid" as it is known by the faithful, is a variant of whist, a card game born in England that became...1800s. Near the turn of the century, whist gave rise to bridge, and whites abandoned...
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Bid whist finds a niche in African-American community.(The Orlando Sentinel)
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service; 7/13/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...card game that they made their own. Bid whist, or "Bid" as it is known by the faithful, is a variant of whist, a card game born in England that became...1800s. Near the turn of the century, whist gave rise to bridge, and whites abandoned...
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 "Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, MD)")
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Cards, boasts freely tossed in bid whist.
Newspaper article from: Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, MD); 4/9/2007; 700+ words
; ...play a lose-and-leave version of bid whist -- known as the "black man's bridge...nearly derailed their graduation -- bid whist is enjoying a resurgence among a wider...Tall Tales and Mostly True Rules of Bid Whist. "It's been around for a long time...
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 "The Birmingham Post (England)")
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Trick or treat at Guild whist day; Yesterday saw 24 keen card players descend on Birmingham from across the country for the Townswomen's Guild's first National Whist Tournament. Karen McIntyre went down to pick up a few tricks.(News)
Newspaper article from: The Birmingham Post (England); 2/20/2003; 700+ words
; ...taking part in yesterday's competition, whist is clearly a serious business. For others...first ever Townswomen's Guild National Whist Tournament is just a pleasant way to spend...other things but this is our first ever whist tournament.' Although competitors had...
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Bid whist fervor becoming the new 'Black thing'
Newspaper article from: Call & Post; 8/13/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...at Dodge Recreation Center, where bid whist is a Wednesday ritual for senior citizens...McCormick Place West on July 26, most of the whist players at Dodge are African-American...reflects a tacit understanding among the whist players that not all actions would be according...
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Whist away: erratic food and service mar the Viceroy Hotel's Restaurant. (Restaurants).(Restaurant Review)
Magazine article from: Los Angeles Magazine; 11/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...Viceroy's lobby; at its restaurant, Whist--the name of an early form of bridge...lighting-that one sits down to eat. Whist's executive chef is Tim Goodell, the...recently the Lodge, all in Orange County. Whist is their first foray north, and with it...
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Whist watch: the Viceroy hotel has a new chef in Warren Schwartz, and he's shuffling up the menu.(Back Again)(Restaurant Review)
Magazine article from: Los Angeles Magazine; 1/1/2005; 700+ words
; ...Lodge to come to the Viceroy hotel's Whist. Judging from his new menu, this is a...arms with silver tips. But the core of Whist's business takes place on the poolside...conscientious design and Schwartz's cooking, Whist is prey to an L.A. malady: Angelenos...
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 "Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)")
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SUCH A PERFECT DEAL; Whist players each get complete suit.(News)
Newspaper article from: Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland); 1/27/1998; ; 700+ words
; A game of whist beat all the odds when each player was...pals took their places for a fortnightly whist drive in their village hall. Hazel took...and got John to cut the cards. Then the whist veteran started her record-breaking deal...
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whist
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
whist card game for four players, those on opposite sides of the table being...who first score seven points win. Famous variations include duplicate whist, bid whist, solo whist, and Norwegian whist. Whist originated in England, where...
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Edmond Hoyle
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...is often referred to as the "Father of Whist." Although he did not invent the game...income by giving lessons on the card game whist. In need of a standard book of rules to...he wrote A Short Treatise on the Game of Whist. When the manuscript handbook was well...
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discard
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
...clothes she had discarded. ∎ (in bridge, whist, and similar card games) play (a card that is neither of...longer useful or desirable. ∎ (in bridge, whist, and similar card games) a card played which is neither of...
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bridge
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to British History
bridge developed in the 19th cent. from whist and is believed to have originated in the Near East. The word...Russian biritch meaning no trumps. The essential difference from whist is the bidding process to establish the trump suit and the forecast...
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Cavendish
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...became a leading authority on card games and was the first person to formulate a system of playing whist . He was the author of Principles of Whist: Stated and Explained by Cavendish (1862) and later wrote books on piquet, écarté...
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