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Cavendish
Cavendish , pseud. of Henry Jones, 1831-99, English card game expert. Jones studied medicine, practiced in London, and retired in 1868. He 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, billiards, lawn tennis, and croquet. |
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"Cavendish." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Encyclopedia.com. 12 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Cavendish." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Encyclopedia.com. (February 12, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Cavendis.html "Cavendish." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Retrieved February 12, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Cavendis.html |
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Cavendish
Cavendish Suffolk. Kauanadisc 1086 (DB). ‘Enclosure or enclosed park of a man called *Cāfna’. OE pers. name + edisc.
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A. D. MILLS. "Cavendish." A Dictionary of British Place-Names. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. 12 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. A. D. MILLS. "Cavendish." A Dictionary of British Place-Names. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. (February 12, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O40-Cavendish.html A. D. MILLS. "Cavendish." A Dictionary of British Place-Names. 2003. Retrieved February 12, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O40-Cavendish.html |
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Cavendish
Cavendish
•bish, dish, fish, Frisch, Gish, knish, pish, squish, swish, wish
•clayish, greyish (US grayish)
•puppyish • babyish
•dandyish, sandyish
•toadyish • fogeyish • monkeyish
•sissyish • Gypsyish • prettyish
•heavyish • dryish
•lowish, slowish
•sallowish • yellowish • narrowish
•boyish • tomboyish
•bluish, Jewish, newish, shrewish
•Pollyannaish • prima donna-ish
•nebbish
•slobbish, snobbish, yobbish
•rubbish • furbish
•baddish, caddish, faddish, kaddish, laddish, radish, saddish
•blandish, brandish, outlandish, Standish
•Cavendish • Netherlandish
•horseradish • hardish • reddish
•Wendish • old-maidish • Swedish
•fiendish • Yiddish • widish
•childish, mildish, wildish
•cloddish, oddish
•baldish • roundish
•modish, toadish
•coldish, oldish
•prudish • goodish • Kurdish
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"Cavendish." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 12 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Cavendish." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (February 12, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-Cavendish.html "Cavendish." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved February 12, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-Cavendish.html |
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