whist drive
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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For me," he continues, "it would become progressively more difficult to talk about music at a whist drive.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 30, 2011
Mrs. Buchanan had been giving a whist drive.
From Helen with the High Hand (2nd ed.) by Bennett, Arnold
Lady Mary and I attended a whist drive at Farmingdale Priory that evening; but her ladyship was taken with a violent headache and we had to excuse ourselves and leave early.
From Cleek of Scotland Yard Detective Stories by Hanshew, Thomas W.
Lena asked the Prime Minister one day when she happened to sit next to him at a whist drive at the Chinese Embassy.
From The Toys of Peace, and other papers by Saki
It was worse when a whist drive or a singing competition in the Church Army hut was interrupted by one of these Egyptian plagues of darkness.
From A Padre in France by Birmingham, George A.
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