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Dummy whist

noun

A form of whist with three players; four hands are dealt with the hand opposite the dealer being face up.

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"Dummy whist" Quotes from Famous Books

... place. "I'll go away, and sit out there by myself, if you like," she would say. But she was never thus banished; and at her own house she usually contrived that there should be no system of banishment. She would play dummy whist, preferring it to the four-handed game; and, when hard driven, and with a meet opponent, would not even despise double-dummy. It was told of her and of Mrs. MacHugh that they had played double-dummy for a whole evening together; and they who were given to calumny had declared that the candles on ...

— He Knew He Was Right • Anthony Trollope