Whist drive

Definition

whist /wÇst/ n [U] ႏွစ္ေယာက္တစ္တြဲ ဖဲကစားနည္းတစ္မ်ဳိး။ ဝစ္ဖဲကစားနည္း။ ❏ whist drive n စားပြဲတစ္ခုမွတစ္ခုသို႔ အတြဲလိုက္ လွည့္ၿပီး ကစားသည့္ ယင္းဖဲကစားနည္း။

Examples

1. ‘Because Grabowski hated to play cards they were forced into three-handed whist.’
2. ‘If it had not been for Kennedy
3. Pamela
4. and Captain Pellew coming to play whist the last few days
5. he thought he would surely go insane.’
6. ‘The Narrator compares playing card games such as whist to using analytical powers of the human mind.’
7. ‘I was wondering if you would join us in a game of whist.’
8. ‘In the twentieth century
9. bridge has displaced whist as the most popular card game internationally among serious card players.’
10. ‘The weekly whist held on Monday's in the Day Care Centre is always eagerly awaited.’
11. ‘After abandoning poker we moved onto knockout whist.’
12. ‘For example
13. when whist became popular in 18th-century England
14. players in the Portland Club agreed on a set of house rules for use on its premises.’
15. ‘My preferred game is poker but last night we played contract whist.’
16. ‘The whist starts at 9.15 pm and score cards are £3 for adults and £2 for juveniles.’
17. ‘Players are reminded that whist continues each Sunday evening
18. commencing at 9 pm.’
19. ‘Chess is bound down by ‘fanciful’ rules that do not test the true powers of an analytical mind
20. as whist does.’
21. ‘He turned his gaze back to Sarah and her friends who were quietly indulging themselves in a game of whist whilst the party was in full swing around them.’
22. ‘Top score at Newtown whist on Saturday was won by Michael Ferris
23. Castlecomer Ladies Margaret Brennan and Mary Warren.’
24. ‘It is based on whist and unlike many whist games is probably best suited for 3 players.’
25. ‘You can't play tennis on your own
26. or chess or whist or poker.’