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Whist was a card game. In 1746 Scotland, Perkins once offered to play it with Polly Wright and Kirsty McLaren to pass the time until Grey returned. Later, Algernon Ffinch was part of a whist game as well. (TV: The Highlanders) Later, in 1914 England, the Seventh Doctor masquerading as John Smith often enjoyed whist with Joan Redfern, but they never made serious wagers on the game. (PROSE: Human Nature)

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  • Whist
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  • Whist was a card game. In 1746 Scotland, Perkins once offered to play it with Polly Wright and Kirsty McLaren to pass the time until Grey returned. Later, Algernon Ffinch was part of a whist game as well. (TV: The Highlanders) Later, in 1914 England, the Seventh Doctor masquerading as John Smith often enjoyed whist with Joan Redfern, but they never made serious wagers on the game. (PROSE: Human Nature)
  • Whist was a male Human lieutenant in the Imperial Reclamation Service of the Sith Empire during the Cold War. He was stationed on Tatooine in Mos Anek where he asked a fellow Imperial to conduct test scans on some hostile droids to determine the threat they posed.
  • Whist is a classic English trick-taking card game which was played widely in the 18th and 19th centuries. Horatio Hornblower was very skilled at whist.
  • Whist is a classic trick-taking card game which was played widely in the 18th and 19th centuries. It developed from the older game Ruff and Honours. Although the rules are extremely simple, there is enormous scope for scientific play; since the only information known at the start is the player's thirteen cards, the game is difficult to play well.
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  • Whist
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  • Whist
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  • Whist is a classic trick-taking card game which was played widely in the 18th and 19th centuries. It developed from the older game Ruff and Honours. Although the rules are extremely simple, there is enormous scope for scientific play; since the only information known at the start is the player's thirteen cards, the game is difficult to play well. In its heyday a large amount of literature about how to play Whist was written. Edmond Hoyle, of "according to Hoyle" fame, wrote an early popular and definitive textbook. By the late 19th century an elaborate and rigid set of rules detailing the laws of the game, its etiquette and the techniques of play had been developed that took a large amount of study to master. In the early 20th century, Bridge, which shares many traits with Whist, displaced it as the most popular card game amongst many card players. Nevertheless, Whist continues to be played in Britain, often in local tournaments called "whist drives".
  • Whist was a card game. In 1746 Scotland, Perkins once offered to play it with Polly Wright and Kirsty McLaren to pass the time until Grey returned. Later, Algernon Ffinch was part of a whist game as well. (TV: The Highlanders) Later, in 1914 England, the Seventh Doctor masquerading as John Smith often enjoyed whist with Joan Redfern, but they never made serious wagers on the game. (PROSE: Human Nature)
  • Whist was a male Human lieutenant in the Imperial Reclamation Service of the Sith Empire during the Cold War. He was stationed on Tatooine in Mos Anek where he asked a fellow Imperial to conduct test scans on some hostile droids to determine the threat they posed.
  • Whist is a classic English trick-taking card game which was played widely in the 18th and 19th centuries. Horatio Hornblower was very skilled at whist.
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