whist

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[wɪst], (Noun)

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- a card game, usually for two pairs of players, in which points are scored according to the number of tricks won


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mid 17th century (earlier as whisk): perhaps from whisk (with reference to whisking away the tricks); perhaps associated with whist


[wɪst], (Interjection)

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