whist
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Meanwhile, the whist drive ticket, priced at 6d or sixpence, would have taken place during the reign of King Charles III's grandfather, George VI, hosted by the Buckingham palace social club.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
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
Also, this is likely the only hip-hop song in history to mention the card game whist.
From New York Times ● Jul. 28, 2023
“No two ways about it,” Dessie said, and she popped the rubber band off the deck of cards to settle them down for a nice long game of bid whist.
From "Sula" by Toni Morrison
For the privilege of being invited to teas, bridge whists, of being sure of a place in the local social life.
From The Fighting Shepherdess by Caroline Lockhart
I wish I could get a house down here, and retire from the pomps and short whists of life, the odd tricks and all the honours!
From Charles Lever, His Life in His Letters, Vol. II by Edmund Downey
It also meant to keep silent, as in Surrey's "Virgil": "They whisted all, with fixed face intent."
From Six Centuries of English Poetry Tennyson to Chaucer by James Baldwin
Again he found himself in a vortex of dining, whisting, talking, and laughter.
From Charles Lever, His Life in His Letters, Vol. II by Edmund Downey
