solo whist

American  

noun

Cards.

1. a variety of whist in which each player can offer to play any of seven specified bids.

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solo whist British  

noun

1. a version of whist for four players acting independently, each of whom may bid to win or lose a fixed number of tricks before play starts, trumps having usually been decided by cutting

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Etymology

Origin of solo whist

First recorded in 1890–95

Example Sentences

Thence onwards war, or rather sport the schoolboys' substitute, ousted love from the conversation, and very soon solo whist with Mr. and Mrs. Merivale disposed of-both.

From Sinister Street, vol. 1 by MacKenzie, Compton

"And the house where people drive up in broughams for supper and solo whist after the theatre is the Davises' in Maida Vale," said Miss Cissy Levine.

From Children of the Ghetto A Study of a Peculiar People by Zangwill, Israel