whist
noun/wɪst/
/wɪst/
[uncountable]- a card game for two pairs of players in which each pair tries to win the most cardsTopics Games and toysc2Word Originmid 17th cent. (earlier as whisk): perhaps from whisk (with reference to whisking away the tricks).
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