bumblepuppy
a game of whist played carelessly or contrary to rules and conventions.
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How to use bumblepuppy in a sentence
bumblepuppy is a synonym of whist played in defiance of certain time- honoured conventions and principles.
Bunch Grass | Horace Annesley VachellOnce married, no man--not even old man Kapus--would be justified in tearing bumblepuppy from the fond arms of his bride.
Bunch Grass | Horace Annesley VachellAfter this incident, we always spoke of Johnnie as bumblepuppy.
Bunch Grass | Horace Annesley VachellAnd here, paddling in the brook like an urchin, we found bumblepuppy.
Bunch Grass | Horace Annesley Vachell
British Dictionary definitions for bumble-puppy
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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