whist : Idioms & Phrases

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bridge whist

  • noun the earliest form of bridge; the dealer could name the trump suit
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dummy whist

  • noun a form of whist with three players; four hands are dealt with the hand opposite the dealer being face up
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long whist

  • noun 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
    whist; long whist.
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Progressive euchre ∨ whist

  • a way of playing at card parties, by which after every game, the losers at the first table go to the last table, and the winners at all the tables, except the first, move up to the next table.
Webster 1913

short whist

  • noun 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
    whist; long whist.
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whist drive

  • noun a progressive whist party
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