bumblepuppy

[buhm-buh l-puhp-ee]

noun

a game of whist played carelessly or contrary to rules and conventions.

Origin of bumblepuppy

First recorded in 1795–1805; bumble¹ + puppy

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Historical Examples of bumble-puppy

For the latter have played not whist, but Bumble-puppy, and the former have only frequented a watering-place for a time.
Certain Personal Matters
H. G. Wells

British Dictionary definitions for bumble-puppy

bumble-puppy

noun

a game in which a ball, attached by string to a post, is hit so that the string winds round the post
(modifier) (of whist or bridge) played unskilfully

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