Read full poem →Some 'squire, perhaps, you take delight to rack;
Whose game is whist, whose treat, a toast in sack;
Who visits with a gun, presents you birds,
Dictionary Entry
Any of several four-player card games, similar to bridge.
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Common Phrases
. whistclub whistdrives whisttable whistwhist playwhist playingwhist played
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Poetry examples for “whist”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →Se hi4 citado mucho tiempo el whist
por.su accion sobre la facultad del cálculo;
Read full poem →His raign of peace upon the earth began:
The Windes with wonder whist,
Smoothly the waters kist,
Read full poem →His reign of peace upon the earth began.
The winds, with wonder whist,
Smoothly the waters kissed, 65