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whist drive

noun

  1. a social gathering where whist is played; the winners of each hand move to different tables to play the losers of the previous hand

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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It was, he recalled, a paper that "bothered with the little things in people's lives, the whist drives and flower shows".

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The other man took the piece of paper and pinned it on the corkboard, where the notices of dances, auction sales, whist drives, and so on were displayed.

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To read her, one must have an appetite for endless jumble sales and whist drives, and the interfering wisdom of dowagers and distressed gentlewomen.

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They and their successors would also enjoy whist drives, concerts and dances.

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She sees in the invalid priest a chaplain plainly provided as an answer to prayer; Mr. and Mrs. Kane, her confidants, see in the scheme immense occasion for unbridled bazaars and whist drives.

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