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| game-room, I suppose, is | |
| chiefly for the lads. Gambling, | |
| I am told, is increasing all | |
| over England from the boy | |
| to the man. I am afraid | |
| to look at the word 'Whist'1. | |
| I am glad the Cricket is | |
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| Cheque for £5.5 for | |
| Mrs. Shore & me. | |
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1. Whist, according to the American Heritage Dictionary (3rd ed.), is a "card game ancestral to bridge, played with a full deck by two teams of two players, in which the last card dealt indicates trump, tricks of four cards are played, and a point is scored for each trick over six won by each team."
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